Despite the chant that correlation is not causation, some researchers believe the design of scatter plots nudges us to the wrong conclusions. Can a change in their design lessen that risk? Analyzing ...

Scatter controls let you specify three categories of variables: axes variables. For a scatter plot, at least two axes variables are required : one independent (x) and one dependent (y). For a surface ...

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SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t yet taken our Science Knowledge Quiz, please do so before reading this any further because we give away one of the answers. In a recent survey of what Americans know ...