Question

amount of education and annual salary......... would that be a positive trend, negative trend, or no trend? can anyone help me

Answer 1

as amount of education goes up, in general, annual salary goes ____

Answer 2

down? or up?

Answer 3

im working on scatter plots so it doesnt say whether it goes down or up

Answer 4

I know, but think about it

would you earn more with a high school diploma or with a PhD ?

Answer 5

On average.

Answer 6

yes of course, on average since outliers are possible

Answer 7

im confused>.<

Answer 8

Do you know what a "trend" is?

Answer 9

yea

Answer 10

The more time you spend in school, the more you learn

so that means you are more likely to make more money if you stay in school, agreed?

Answer 11

yea

Answer 12

As one increases the other increases is called a POSITIVE trend.

Answer 13

ok thank you

Answer 14

so if you had a scatter plot that had "number of years in school" on the x axis and "salary" on the y axis, then it might look like this