Question

phil collected data from several of his friends about the number of hours they spent sleeping and the number of hours they spent playing video games on saturday. he recorded the data in the scatterplot. saturday hours of video games hours of sleep based on the scatterplot for the data, what type of linear association exists between hours of sleep and hours of video games? strong positive weak negative strong negative weak positive

Explanation:

Step1: Observe scatter - plot trend

As the number of hours of sleep (x - axis) increases, the number of hours of video games (y - axis) generally decreases. This indicates a negative association.

Step2: Assess strength of association

The points are not tightly clustered around a line, so it is not a strong association. Thus, it is a weak negative association.

Answer:

Weak negative