scatter graphs
What scatter graphs means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
A graph that plots paired bivariate data, one variable on the horizontal axis and the other on the vertical axis, with each point representing one item.
A graph that plots two measurements for each item, one against each axis, so you can see whether the two quantities are linked.
Topics that use scatter graphs
- Statistics (AQA GCSE)
- Statistics (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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