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

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

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

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

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

down? or up?

anonymous · Answer

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

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

I know, but think about it

would you earn more with a high school diploma or with a PhD ?

skullpatrol · Answer

On average.

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

yes of course, on average since outliers are possible

anonymous · Answer

im confused>.<

skullpatrol · Answer

Do you know what a "trend" is?

anonymous · Answer

yea

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

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?

anonymous · Answer

yea

skullpatrol · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

ok thank you

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

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

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