which statement is true regarding the traits of scatter plots the strength of a correlation is independent of whether the correlation of a scatter plot is positive or negative a scatter plot with positive correlation can have either weak correlation or strong correlationthe slope of a line is independent whether the correlation of a scatter plot has a positive or negative correlation we scatter pot with a negative slope can have either positive correlation or negative correlation. the non-liner association of the scare pot depends on whether it has a weak or strong correlation is scattered pot like non-linear association will have a strong correlation the non-liner association of a scatter plot depends on whether it has a positive or negative correlation a scatter plot with non-linear correlation will have a negative correlation