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5. Choosing a Data Display
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Exercise 19 Page 367

Begin by splitting the data into intervals.

Example Answer:

Grades Histogram
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Consider the given data set.

Grades (Out of 100) On a Test
96 74 97 80 62
84 88 53 77 75
89 81 52 85 63
87 95 59 83 100

Since we have a numerical data set, we can split it into intervals and find the frequency of each interval. Therefore, another way to display the data is by using a histogram. To do so, let's first create a frequency table by using five intervals, beginning with 51-60.

Score Frequency
51-60 3
61-70 2
71-80 4
81-90 7
91-100 4

Let's now display the data in a histogram.

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

Showing Our Work

Data Display We Used Previously

Since a stem-and-leaf plot allows us to see data in numerical order and the data distribution, we used it previously to display the given data set.

Stem-and-leaf plot