Hakim wondered if practice time really affected golf scores. He tracked his practice time at the golf course along with his scores in each week's golf match. The scatterplot shows his time in hours and his scores.

Question

Golf Scores and Practice Time

Complete the sentences to describe the trend in the data.

Select ONE correct answer in the box to complete the sentence.

The data show that as the number of practice hours increases, the golf score

Answer 1

The data show that as the number of practice hours increases, the golf score **decreases**.

This trend is expected because in golf, lower scores indicate better performance. Therefore, increased practice time typically results in improved skills and thus lower scores.