In Deciding on the Number of Stems to Use in a Stem

question 39

Multiple Choice

In deciding on the number of stems to use in a stem and leaf display,

• A) you should always break the stems into 5 stems per every 10 units.
• B) you should normally make all of the stems the same width.
• C) you should generally use 10 stems in all.
• D) you should disregard the frequencies of the data.

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