Question

Suppose you were to create a scatter plot of outside temperature and amount of heating bill. Would you expect to see a positive, negative, or no relationship between the two variables. Explain your answer.

a.
no relationship.
b.
positive relationship; as the outside temperature decreases, the amount of the heating bill increases.
c.
positive relationship; as the outside temperature increases, the amount of the heating bill increases.
d.
negative relationship; as the outside temperature decreases, the amount of the heating bill increases