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Answer to Module 3 Exercise 1
 
 
      What does a correlation look like? 
 
     
     
    Math Readiness Test
    Math Grades
    10
    90
    4
    30
    7
    60
    9
    80
    6
    50
    8
    70
    5
    40
     
 
    You draw two axes: one vertical and one horizontal. Then you plot the scores of the actual measures: 

    What you will get after plotting the scores is a scatter plot. 

 
 
 
 
 
Readings 
    Chapter 3  -- Linn R.L. & Gronlund, N.E. (1995). Measurement and assessment in teaching. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Merrill. 
 
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