Please explain The following scatterplot shows the relation

Please explain :)

The following scatterplot shows the relationship between outsourcing percent and delay percent for airlines in the U.S. in 2009. Describe the direction, form, and strength of this relationship.

Outsourcing by Airlines 25 E 20 15 10 5 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Outsourcing Percent

Solution

From the plot, we can see a strong, negative, curved relationship.

Strong as the trend is clearly there. Negative as it goes down from left to right. Curved as we can see, the trend is not really a line.