Using a stem-and-leaf plot, we want to show the change of the number of hits for our school's new website during the 5 months based on the given table.
Month
Hits
August
250
September
320
October
485
November
650
December
925
Recall that a stem-and-leaf plot is a type of data display that orders numerical data and shows their distribution. Notice that our table does not have values that share the number in the hundred place, so in each row we will have only number.
The stem-and-leaf plot does not show which number of hits fits each month or how this number changes over time. Therefore, this data display is not appropriate for this situation.
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Types of Data Displays
Let's recall the types of data displays we can use to describe a data set.
