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A scatterplot where the points rise from left to right shows the variables tend to move together in the same direction. This indicates a positive correlation: as one variable increases, the other tends to increase as well. The upward pattern means it’s not random (which would be zero correlation) and not a downward pattern (which would be a negative correlation). The term co-variables isn’t the standard way to describe this direction of relationship.