SOLUTION: Joseph claims that a scatterplot in which the y-values increase as the x-values increase must have a linear association. Amy claims that the scatterplot could have a nonlinear asso

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Question 1025611: Joseph claims that a scatterplot in which the y-values increase as the x-values increase must have a linear association. Amy claims that the scatterplot could have a nonlinear association. Which statement about their claims is true?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Amy's is true since she said it could have so it allows for non-linear as a possibility and allows other possibilities too.
Joseph's language implies that it must be so is definite and allows for no other possibilities.