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Shmoopy question at 10 o’clock…

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The following plot shows the relationship between the amount of postsecondary education

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and the amount of student loan debt for several students.

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Kinda makes you want to take over the family restaurant instead, doesn’t it?

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Based on the graph, which of the following statements is true?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Can we read a scatter plot? It may SOUND gross… but these puppies are really useful.

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There’s no magic bullet to help us answer this one – we just have to go through the

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potential answers one by one. And Boom. We don’t have to go far.

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Option A says that there is a positive correlation between amount of education and debt –

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and yeah – they both go up as they increase.

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They are said to be POSITIVELY correlated.

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All the other choices go the wrong way – that is, when the x axis increases, the y decreases

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and vice versa.

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So… let’s not waste time needlessly. That’s a job for the House of Representatives.

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A is our answer.

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