Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016
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5. Choosing a Data Display
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Exercise 15 Page 367

Which data display orders quantitative data and shows how they are distributed?

Example Answer:

Stem-and-leaf plot

Explanation: See solution.

Practice makes perfect

Consider the given data set.

Grades (Out of ) On a Test

We will analyze the data and create a display that best represents the data. Since we have grades, it would be nice to have them in order and see the distribution of the data. Therefore, we can use a stem-and-leaf plot to display this quantitative data. The stems will show tens and the leaves will show units. Since the data is between and the stems will be and Let's set the key to be

Stem-and-leaf plot

Please note that this is only one possible way to represent the data — there are many other possible ways to do it.