What is the connections between SAT scores and College GPA?

Introduction

Welcome: Using Scatter Plots to Analyze SAT Scores and Overall College GPA

Description: A scatter plot is a graphic representation of two variables of data as a set of points in a plane. During this webquest you will create scatter plots using data  and use them to make predictions. 

Grade Level: 9-12 

Curriculum: Statistics 

Keywords: Scatter Plot, Line of Best Fit, Linear Regression, Prediction Equation, Slope, Rate of Change, Y-intercept 



 

Task

Students always wonder why they have to take the SAT or why college look at their SAT scores and college overall GPA.    Could there be a relationship that exist between your SAT scores and your college overall G.P.A. .

Your mission is to determine if their exist a relationship between the SAT scores and overall college G.P.A.