IGCSE Geography / Geographical skills
Scatter graphs and lines of best fit
Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 11: Geographical skills, specification point G8. Part of the full course.
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A scatter graph shows how two variables change together. A line of best fit helps you describe the pattern and estimate values, but correlation does not prove cause, and the way data is chosen can mislead.