Jon's Hypothesis
Probability
Level
1
Jon hypothesized that people that earn more money tend to spend more money. He surveyed a sample and recorded his observations as a scatter plot. Does the data support Jon's hypothesis?
Yes
No
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We can draw a line that passes very close to most of the points in the scatter plot. We see that the slope of the line is positive.
Hence we say there is a positive correlation between income and expense, and the data supports Jon's hypothesis. □