Scatter Plots · Exercise 6

Does the higher cost of tuition translate into higher-paying jobs? The table lists the top ten colleges based on mid-career salary and the associated yearly tuition costs. Construct a scatter plot of the data.

$$\begin{array}{ccc}\text{School}& \text{Mid-Career Salary (in thousands)}& \text{Yearly Tuition}\\ \text{Princeton}& \text{137}& \text{57,410}\\ \text{Harvey Mudd}& \text{135}& \text{62,817}\\ \text{CalTech}& \text{127}& \text{60,864}\\ \text{US Naval Academy}& \text{122}& \text{0}\\ \text{West Point}& \text{120}& \text{0}\\ \text{MIT}& \text{118}& \text{57,986}\\ \text{Lehigh University}& \text{118}& \text{59,930}\\ \text{NYU-Poly}& \text{117}& \text{58,168}\\ \text{Babson College}& \text{117}& \text{56,576}\\ \text{Stanford}& \text{114}& \text{56,169}\end{array}$$

This is an open-ended exercise: its source gives no single answer.

OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §12.2 Scatter Plots · Exercise 6