Interpreting Slopes

In previous lessons, students were exposed to language like, “As the independent variable increases, the dependent variable tends to decrease.” In this lesson, they focus on this language in earnest (MP6). Students determine and interpret the slopes of fitted lines in context (MP2), and they identify positive and negative associations of scatter plots (MP7).

By Desmos Classroom

Learning goals: Learning Goals • Describe whether data in a scatter plot has a positive association, a negative association, or neither. • Interpret the slope of a line fit to data in context.