Archisman Das
IB Mathematics
Mr. Collins
29 February 2024
Investigation 1
1)
a) The graph is non-linear. The points on the scatter plot have a different slope
at different points on the x-axis. The graph starts off with a negative slope
then is neutral and then the slope increases.
b) The graph is linear. The points on the scatter plot have a constant positive
slope.
c) The graph is non-linear. The points on the scatter plot start up above 0, go
towards 0 and then change direction to positive again.
2)
3)
a) In the height vs shoe size data set, the correlation is linear. There are few
anomalies and a straight line with a constant slope can be drawn on the
scatter plot.
b) Yes, this makes sense. Both values are based on body measurements, so it is
highly possible that the growth rate of a person can affect both their height
and shoe size.
Direction
1)
a) Positive. As the x-value rises the y-value typically increases.
b) Negative. As the x-value rises the y-value typically decreases.
2) Direction is meant by the direction on the number line of the y-value as the x-value is
increased.
3)
a) Increases
b) Decreases
4)
a) In the height vs shoe-size set, the direction is positive. As the height of a
person increases, typically so does the shoe-size in comparison to others with
lower heights.
b) This makes sense as the higher the growth rate of a person, the higher the
height and the shoe size, so it would typically be assumed that the shoe size
of a person would increase as a person's height increases.
Strength
1)
a) Moderate
b) Strong
c) Weak
2) As the scatter plots are more spaced apart from each other, the strength of the
correlation gets weaker.
3) When there is a strong relation between two variables, it means that the variables
depend on each other very closely. For example, the rate of a reaction in a chemical
reaction might depend heavily on the concentration of the chemicals.
4) A weak relationship between two variables means that the dependency of one
variable on the other is not very strong. For example, the age of a person might not
correlate with their shoe size very directly as there are different people of different
heights / growth rates at different ages, so it is a weak correlation.
5) There is not a lot of data in the graph, but the correlation can be considered
moderate. It is not directly dependent with some anomalies, but still fairly dependent.
Summary