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Scatter plot or residuals plot?

Exercise and reference answers

Left
Scatter plot
Items
  1. Item
    Should look linear
    Answer
    Scatter plot
  2. Item
    Shows x against y
    Answer
    Scatter plot
  3. Item
    Drawn first
    Answer
    Scatter plot
  4. Item
    Should look random
    Answer
    Residuals plot
  5. Item
    Shows leftovers
    Answer
    Residuals plot
  6. Item
    No pattern wanted
    Answer
    Residuals plot
Right
Residuals plot
Instructions
Swipe left for Scatter plot, right for Residuals plot.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 'Linear Regression and Correlation', sections 12.1-12.6_
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