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.
50 36 21 27 32 19 36 35 34 14 31 60 15

Answer 1

First sort the data from smallest to largest. Tell me what you get.

Answer 2

I get: 14,15,19,21,27,31,32,34,35,36,36,50,60

Answer 3

good

Answer 4

notice how each number is a two digit number

the tens digit starts at 1 and goes to 6

Answer 5

great, thanks. Next?

Answer 6

so let's set up the stems

we have a T table like this with "stem" and "leaf" as headers

Answer 7

then in the stem column, we write the numbers 1 through 6

Answer 8

Ok...done

Answer 9

optionally you can draw these horizontal lines, but you don't have to

I'm doing so to help separate things

Answer 10

our sorted data set is

14,15,19,21,27,31,32,34,35,36,36,50,60

Answer 11

OK...thanks

Answer 12

focus on the numbers that have a tens digit of 1

those numbers are 14, 15, 19

the stem of "1" represents all numbers that have a tens digit of 1

the leaves of 14,15,19 are 4, 5, 9 in that order and they go in the "stem = 1" row

Answer 13

then for 21,27, we just add in 1 and 7 to the stem for 2

Answer 14

then we do 31,32,34,35,36,36

so we add on: 124566