Q.2.100 - Elementary Statistics

Question

San Francisco Giants. From the Baseball Almanac website, we found the heights, in inches, of the players on the 2012 World Series-winning San Francisco Giants baseball team.

a. Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram of these data with five lines per stem.

b. Why is it better to use five lines per stem here instead of one or two lines per stem?

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

a). The stem-and-leaf diagram is,

b). The five lines per stem provide a more understandable distribution.

Part (a) Step 1: Given Information

The data is given as,

Part (a) Step 2: Explanation

The stem and leaf diagram is shown below, 

Part (b) Step 1: Given Information

The data is given as,

Part (b) Step 2: Explanation

When just $1$ or $2$ lines per stem are used, the distribution of data values is not visible in the stem and leaf diagram;