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|Description=It is an alternative to the histogram. The leading digit is the stem and the trailing digit is the leaf. | |Description=It is an alternative to the histogram. The leading digit is the stem and the trailing digit is the leaf. | ||
The advantage over the histogram are: | The advantage over the histogram are: | ||
The identity of each observation is not lost | The identity of each observation is not lost | ||
The digit themselves give a picture of the distribution | The digit themselves give a picture of the distribution | ||
The cumulative frequencies are also shown. | The cumulative frequencies are also shown. | ||
|Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem-and-leaf_display | |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem-and-leaf_display | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:53, 21 January 2014
Description
It is an alternative to the histogram. The leading digit is the stem and the trailing digit is the leaf. The advantage over the histogram are:
The identity of each observation is not lost
The digit themselves give a picture of the distribution
The cumulative frequencies are also shown.
Concept Prerequisite
Wikipedia Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem-and-leaf display
Learning Material
Covered in Topic(s)
| Descriptive Statistics (Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion) |