Unemployed
the Data Below Are for the Number of Unemployed

Essay

Unemployed
The data below are for the number of unemployed persons (in millions)and the federal unemployment insurance payments (in billions of dollars)for the years 1978 - 1985.Some economists state that these two variables are positively related.
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l}\hline \text { Year } & \mathbf{1 9 7 8} & \mathbf{1 9 7 9} & \mathbf{1 9 8 0} & \mathbf{1 9 8 1} & \mathbf{1 9 8 2} & \mathbf{1 9 8 3} & \mathbf{1 9 8 4} & \mathbf{1 9 8 5} \\\hline \text { Federal Unemployment Insurance Payments } & 11.8 & 10.7 & 18.0 & 19.7 & 23.7 & 31.5 & 18.4 & 16.8 \\\hline \text { Number of Unemployed Persons } & 6.2 & 6.1 & 7.6 & 8.3 & 10.7 & 10.7 & 8.5 & 8.3\end{array}$

-Use these data to develop a scatter diagram for these data.