A study was conducted to determine if age was a factor in how many daily hours a dog sleeps. the average daily sleeping hours was recorded for 22 dogs on the scatterplot above. what type of relationship is shown.

The scatterplot does not show a clear relationship between age and daily sleeping hours for the 22 dogs. The data points are scattered randomly, without forming any specific pattern or trend. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is no strong relationship between age and daily sleeping hours for the dogs in this study.