Grade 8 · Statistics and Probability

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.SP.A.1

Construct and interpret scatter plots for bivariate measurement data to investigate patterns of association between two quantities. Describe patterns such as clustering, outliers, positive or negative association, linear association, and nonlinear association.

Read this standard on the official Common Core site

Lessons that teach this standard

• Scatter Plots and the Line of Best Fit

  Read a scatter plot, describe its association, draw and use a line of best fit, and understand why correlation does not prove causation.