Scatter Plots are analytic tool accessed within a data wall that compares two assessments / windows within an academic year. In this lesson you will learn how to generate correlation coefficients from Charting.
Where to Start
- Go to Charting.
- Select Scatter Plot.
- Select Edit for Student Population to start making selections.
Student Population
- Select a School Year as it relates to the student population. Only 1 can be selected.
- Select one or more Schools.
- Select a Grade Level. Only one Grade can be selected.
- Open the menus for Assessment, Demographics, Intervention Status, and/or Active Student Filters to further filter the students in the search.
- Select Save to continue.
Select Edit for Data Set 1 to make assessment selections.
Data Set 1
- Select a School Year as it relates to the Data Set.
- Select an Assessment Group. Only one may be selected.
- Select an Assessment based on the chosen Assessment Group. Only one may be selected.
- Select a Window based on the chosen Assessment. Only one may be selected.
- Select the checkbox if the Scatter Plot should Use Score Detail.
- Select Save Data Set to continue.
Select Edit next to Data Set 2 and repeat the steps above for the next Window of data.
After all selections have been made, select Search to view the chart.
Scatter Plot
- Select Edit Search to update the search parameters.
- Select Save Search to save search parameters. After selecting Save Search, enter a same for the search to access later via the Saved Searches tab within Charting. Saving a search is for advanced users who don't want to select the same data over and over.
- The Correlation Coefficient appears at the top of the chart. This displays how strong the relationship is between the selected data sets.
- Hover over a plot point on the chart to view details for a specific student.
- Select the light bulb icon to view insights as they relate to the Scatter Plot.
What Does My Scatter Plot Tell Me?
Next Steps
To learn more about Charting, visit Longitudinal Chart.