Question

answer the question correctly to continue: a scientist graphs plant height vs. days of sunlight and sees a scatterplot with no clear pattern. what should they conclude? there is a negative association there is a positive association the graph is incorrect there is no association

Explanation:

Step1: Understand the types of associations

A negative association means as one variable increases, the other decreases. A positive association means as one variable increases, the other increases. No association means there is no clear pattern of increase - decrease relationship.

Step2: Analyze the scatter - plot description

The problem states that the scatter - plot has no clear pattern. A negative association would show a downward - sloping trend, a positive association would show an upward - sloping trend. Since there is no such trend (no clear pattern), it is not a negative or positive association. Just because there is no pattern does not mean the graph is incorrect (assuming the data was plotted correctly).

Answer:

There is no association