Question

question #7
the coaches of a group of debate teams answered a survey about hours of debate, team practice, and number of team wins. the graph shows the results of this survey.
the scatterplot indicates which of the following?
a parallel correlation
a positive correlation
no correlation
a negative correlation

Explanation:

Step1: Understand correlation types

Positive correlation: as one variable increases, the other also increases. Negative correlation: as one variable increases, the other decreases. No correlation: no clear pattern. Parallel correlation is not a standard correlation type.

Step2: Analyze the scatter - plot

Looking at the scatter - plot of hours of practice (x - axis) and debates won (y - axis), as the number of hours of practice (x) increases, the number of debates won (y) generally increases.

Answer:

A positive correlation