If you drop a pencil randomly on a scatterplot, what aspect are you changing as you move the pencil vertically on the page without rotating it?
A) the slope.
B) the intercept.
C) the correlation.
D) the residual.

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Moving the pencil vertically on the page changes the vertical position or y-value of the pencil, which is directly influenced by the intercept of the scatterplot. The slope and correlation of the plot could also be affected by this movement, but not solely. Residuals are not directly related to the position of the pencil.

If You Drop a Pencil Randomly on a Scatterplot, What