33.5 Quick review questions

A study of onion growth (Mead 1970) produced the scatterplot shown in Fig. 33.5.

Onion yield plotted against planting density

FIGURE 33.5: Onion yield plotted against planting density

  1. The \(x\)-variable is

  2. The form is best described as

  3. The direction is best described as

  4. The variation is best described as

References

Mead R. Plant density and crop yield. Applied Statistics. 1970;19(1):64–81.