AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A graphed cluster of dots that represent the value of 2 variables is called what?

A	Correlation
B	Random shaping
C	Sampling bias
D	Scatter plot

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -A scatter plot (aka scatter chart, scatter graph) uses dots to represent values for two different numeric variables. The position of each dot on the horizontal and vertical axis indicates values for an individual data point. Scatter plots are used to observe relationships between variables.

Detailed explanation-2: -A scatterplot shows the relationship between two quantitative variables measured for the same individuals. The values of one variable appear on the horizontal axis, and the values of the other variable appear on the vertical axis. Each individual in the data appears as a point on the graph.

Detailed explanation-3: -The data points or dots, which appear on a scatter plot, represent the individual values of each of the data points and also allow pattern identification when looking at the data holistically.

Detailed explanation-4: -What are clusters in scatter plots? Sometimes the data points in a scatter plot form distinct groups. These groups are called clusters.

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