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AP Statistics 5.1 C Justify a Claim Using Scatterplots Depicting the Relationship Between Two Quantitative Variables Questions

Justify a claim about two quantitative variables by citing the scatterplot’s direction, form, strength, and relevant points in context.

Syllabus
Effective Fall 2026
Course
AP Statistics

Exam points

  • use direction, form, strength, and relevant plotted points to support or reject a contextual claim
  • compare subgroup patterns with the overall association to detect a reversed or confounded conclusion
  • use a plotted trade-off or fitted trend to justify a contextual choice, comparison, or estimate

AP Statistics 5.1 C Justify a Claim Using Scatterplots Depicting the Relationship Between Two Quantitative Variables Questions question 1

Attendance at games for a certain baseball team is being investigated by the team owner. The following boxplots summarize the attendance, measured as average number of attendees per game, for 47 years of the team's existence. The boxplots include the 30 years of games played in the old stadium and the 17 years played in the new stadium.

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Consider the following scatterplots.

Graph I

Graph I

Graph II shows the same information as Graph I, but also indicates the old and new stadiums. Does Graph II suggest that the rate at which attendance changes as number of games won increases is different in the new stadium compared to the old stadium? Explain your reasoning.

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