Creating a Scatter Plot On a Mac

Data in Excel Spreadsheet Insert the variable you want on the x-axis in the left column Insert the variable you want on the y-axis in the right column

Create the Chart Highlight both variables, TV and GPA Charts  Scatter  Marked Scatter

Add Axis Titles Chart Layout  Axis Title Horizontal Axis  Below Axis  “TV (minutes)” Vertical Axis  Rotated Title  “GPA”

Delete Gridlines Chart Layout  Gridlines  Horizontal Gridlines  None

Chart Title Chart Layout  Chart Title  Above Chart

Change Colors Click on any point in the scatter plot Format  Fill  Choose color

Legend Chart Layout  Legend  No legend

Scatter Plot

Add a Trendline Chart layout  trendline  linear trend

Add the Equation of the Line Chart Layout  trendline  trendline options Click on options Check display equation of the line

Add r-squared value Chart Layout  trendline  trendline options Click on options Check display r-squared value

Line Color, Weight, etc. Chart Layout  Trendline  Trendline Options Click on Line  change color Click on weights  make thicker

Scatter Plot