A student records the mass, in hundreds of kilograms, and the CO2 _2\,2 emission, in g/km, of 48 cars. The results are shown in the scatter diagram below.
State what the diagram shows about the 48 cars.
The student fits a single regression line to all 48 points. Explain why this line would be misleading.
State what the student should do instead, and state the extra information needed to do it.
244 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Maths 2.2 L: Data presentation and interpretation, covering 2.2.1 Single-variable data diagrams, 2.2.2 Scatter diagrams and correlation, 2.2.3 Central tendency, variation and standard deviation, 2.2.4 Outliers and cleaning data, and 2.2 L: Data presentation and interpretation. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.