Monday, July 14, 2014

Stem and Leaf Plot


A stem and leaf plot is one famous method for organizing data that encompasses sorting the data and graphing it at the same time. As the above stem and leaf plot shows, the leading number, which in this case is the tenths portion of the number, falls under the stem portion of the graph (left side). The remaining portion of the number, which in this graph is the ones place, falls under the leaf portion of the graph (right side). The graph above conveniently placed a key to show how the read the graph presented.

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