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Lesson 2: Numeric inputNumeric input article
Includes excerpt from "Stem and leaf plots review" article. Includes NUMERIC INPUT widget only.
Stem and leaf plots
A stem and leaf plot displays numerical data by splitting each data point into a "leaf" (usually the last digit) and a "stem" (the leading digit or digits).
For example, the buyer for a chain of department stores counted the number of pairs of boots at each of the stores and made a stem and leaf plot for the data. Here is the dataset and the stem and leaf plot:
Dataset: , , , , , , , , ,
Stem and leaf plot:
Key:
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Example: Reading stem and leaf plots
A zookeeper published the following stem-and-leaf plot showing the number of bears at each major zoo in the country:
Key:
How many of the zoos have exactly bears?
zoos