ceteris paribus

(often shortened to cet par ) means “if

all other relevant things remain the same.”

positive relationship

also known as

direct relationship

A relationship between two variables that

move in the same direction is called a 

_________or a ___________ .

linear relationship 

A relationship shown by a straight line is called a

___________________.

scatter diagram

A ________________ is a graph that plots the value of

one variable against the value of another variable for

a number of different values of each variable. Such a

graph reveals whether a relationship exists between

two variables and describes their relationship

negative relationship

or

inverse relationship

A relationship between

variables that move in opposite directions is called a

_______________ or an ______________.

slope

The ________ of a relationship is the change in the value of the variable measured on the y -axis divided by the

change in the value of the variable measured on

the x -axis.