November 10, 2009
No CommentsHow to Make a Stem-and-Leaf Plot
Description
A detailed tutorial on how to make a stem-and-leaf plot. Step by step tutorial including several examples of how to make a stem-and-leaf plot for reference.
Overview
A stem-and-leaf plot is named for it’s resemblance to a tree branch. The bar down the middle is the branch, and the numbers on either side are the leaves on the branch. Like box-and-whisker plots, stem-and-leaf plots are used to organize statistical data. There should be one number on the left side of the bar, and that number should be the number in the ten’s place. If it is only a one digit number, that number should be zero. If it is a three digit number, then put two numbers on the left. Then you have the bar. On the right side of the bar, are all the numbers that are found in the hundred’s place, put once again in order of smallest to largest. They will all appear in the row with with the matching number in the ten’s place.
