Chapter 13, Problem 1PS

To determine

To construct: A stem-and-leaf plot of the given data.

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The data representing years is:

  $1788,1787,1788,1816,1792,1812,1788,1788,1817,1788,1789,1803,1787,1790,1788,1796,1791,1788.$

Stem-and-leaf plot:

Let the leaves represent the units digit of the years and the stems represent the tens, hundreds and thousands digits.

The earliest year is $1787$ and the latest year is $1817$ and the interval is $[1787,1817]$ .

The stem-and-leaf plot of the given data is:

  

Key: $178|7=1787$