Scatter plots

Describe an association without inferring its cause.

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Scatter plots

Six locations were observed once. Several unmeasured factors could influence the number of trees.

Distance (km)	Trees within 50 m
1	10
2	14
3	16
4	19
5	24
6	25

Fictional settlement transect. Original fictional resource; not an official map or real dataset.

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Resource description

1 km: 10 trees; 2 km: 14 trees; 3 km: 16 trees; 4 km: 19 trees; 5 km: 24 trees; 6 km: 25 trees

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State the unit and the part of the resource you used. A pattern in a fictional dataset is evidence for that exercise; it does not establish a fact about a real place.

Check whether an explanation is supported by the data or needs additional geographical knowledge. For statistical tasks, a calculated result does not establish causation or significance by itself.

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