Question

Draw a stem-and-leaf plot for the data set. (Enter numbers from smallest to largest separated by spaces. Enter NONE for stems with no values.)

Data set A: The annual wages of employees at a small accounting firm are given in thousands of dollars.

36

17

31

37

17

23

37

34

35

16

50

60

18

Answer 1

solution:

the given wages are as follows:

36    17    31    37    17    23    37    34    35    16    50    60    18

arrange the data in ascending order to make it small to largest

16 17 17 18 23 31 34 35 36 37 37 50 60

first of all select the stem:

stem are the 10th place digit in the data set . for example in data value 36, the 10th place is 3 so this is a stem and one's digit i,e, 6 is a leaf.

so diffferent stem of data are as follows

3, 1 , 2 , 5, 6

now appliying the leaf to the related stems

so following is the stem and leaf plot are as

Stem	Leaf
1	6 7 7 8
2	3
3	1 4 5 6 7 7
none
5	0
6	0