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a graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present. Scatter plots are similar to line graphs in that they use horizontal and vertical axes to plot data points. However, they have a very specific purpose. Scatter plots show how much one variable is affected by another. The relationship between two variables is called their correlation .

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