Question

Question: Lobster trap placement.The strategic placement of lobster traps is one of the keys to a successful lobster fisherman. An observational study of teams fishing for the red spiny lobster in Baja California Sur, Mexico, was conducted and the results were published in the Bulletin of Marine Science(April 2010). Two variables measured for each of eightteams from the Punta Abreojos (PA) fishing cooperativewere y= total catch of lobsters (in kilograms) during theseason and x= average percentage of traps allocated perday to exploring areas of unknown catch (called search frequency).These data are listed in the next table. Graph

the data in a scatterplot. What type of trend, if any, do you observe?

Total Catch	Search Frequency
2785	35
6535	21
6695	26
4891	29
4937	23
5727	17
7019	21
5735	20

Short answer

Answer:

a. The graph is given below:

a. Downward sloping trend

Step-by-step solution

Creating the scatter plot

The graph is given below:

Determining the trend

When the search frequency is increased to exploring areas of unknown catch, the total catch (kg) reduces. This creates a negative relation between the total catch and the search frequency.

Therefore, there is a downward sloping trend in the data.