When a student performs poorly on a midterm exam, the student sometimes is convinced that their score is an anomaly and that they will do much better on the second midterm. The data below show the midterm scores (out of 100 points) for eight students in an introductory statistics class.

a. Construct a scatterplot for the data.
b. Describe the pattern that you see in the scatterplot. Are there any clusters or outliers? If so, how would you explain them?

Student Midterm 1 Midterm 2 70 58 85 82 70 40 85 85 8B 52 84 74 80 36 48 96