The scatterplot shows the performance of ten football players from Arg

Question

The scatterplot shows the performance of ten football players from Argentina in the matches played by them in the last one year for selection to the upcoming FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) Championship.

The list of players in alphabetical order is as under:
Angel Di Maria
Giovani Lo Celso
Gonzalo Higuain
Lautaro Martinez
Leandro Paredes
Lionel Messi
Nicolas Otamendi
Paulo Dybala
Rodrigo De Paul
Sergio Aguero

For each player, the points in the scatterplot represent the number of matches played and the number of goals made (x, y), respectively. In order to calculate the average, the number of goals made are divided the number of matches played.

Fictional26 · Answer

1st Question - 2nd statement: Sergio Aguero scored more goals than Paulo Dybala but fewer goals than Giovani Lo Celso

Sergio Aguero goals - 20
Paulo Dybala goals - 16
Giovani Lo Celso goals - 6

The statement is false so why is the answer "no"?

Fictional26 · Answer

Can someone please explain the 2nd and 3rd question as well ?

Edskore · Answer

The confusion here comes from the axes, and honestly this is one of the most common MSR scatterplot traps.

The x-axis is GOALS and the y-axis is MATCHES. The problem states that average = goals/matches, which means average = x/y for each point.

For Q1 Statement 2 specifically: when you said "Sergio Aguero goals = 20," I think you're reading the y-value (which is matches, not goals). Goals are on the x-axis. So if Aguero's point is at x=21, he scored 21 goals, not 20. To check whether Aguero scored more goals than Dybala but fewer than Lo Celso, you're comparing x-coordinates, not y-coordinates.

The answer "No" means the statement is NOT definitely false, which means it's either true or uncertain based on the data. Once you correctly read each player's x-value (goals), the comparison should make more sense.

For Q2 (minimum players with more goals than Rodrigo De Paul): find De Paul's point, read his x-coordinate (goals), then count how many of the other 9 points have a higher x-value. That gives you the number of players who scored more goals than he did.

For Q3 (the averages question from the second tab): you need to calculate goals/matches = x/y for each relevant player and then compare those ratios. This is where the scatterplot gets tricky because two points can have the same x or y value but very different ratios.

The big MSR scatterplot trap: heights on the plot feel like "how much" of the y-axis variable, so people instinctively compare y-values even when asked about the x-axis variable. Always read axis labels before doing anything.

Fictional26 · Answer

Edskore  
Thank you for the reply. It's clear now.

suburbMBA · Answer

Edskore 
It's taking me far too long to make sense of what is going on here, despite being reasonably good at graphs. Even after figuring out the axes confusion, I don't think I can complete this in the allotted time. How likely is it that I encounter questions of this rigor on the actual test?

cyaniderGMAT · Answer

Need solution

Yes	No
		If the average of Rodrigo De Paul is less than 1.30, then he is not the one who played the least number of matches.
		Sergio Aguero scored more goals than Paulo Dybala but fewer goals than Giovani Lo Celso.
		The average of Sergio Aguero is less than that of Giovani Lo Celso.

Yes	No
		The average of Sergio Aguero is less than that of Lautaro Martinez, while the average of Nicolas Otamendi is more than that of Lautaro Martinez.
		The average of Rodrigo De Paul is more than that of Sergio Aguero and less than that of Nicolas Otamendi.
		The average of Nicolas Otamendi is more than that of Sergio Aguero and Rodrigo De Paul, while the average of Rodrigo De Paul is more than that of Giovani Lo Celso.

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