respond to this disscion post: Slope to me in simplest terms is the rise/run or the steepness of whatever someone is measuring. The y-intercept is the starting point, when x=0. The regression line is a straight line that connects the independent variable and the dependent variable in the best way possible. The example on the internet that I found used the Pearson's R assessed correlation and scatterplots assessed the association between physical and mental health variables. Pearson's r gives strength. The approximate strength was a weak negative association. It indicated that it did not explain a significant amount of variation in mental health scores at -0.019. BFA had a smaller amount of variation in mental health but still it was insignificant at -0.098. The initial assessment with scatter plots indicated no significant association either with cardiorespiratory fitness or BFA and mental health score