Stem and leaf diagrams (OCR GCSE Maths): Flashcards

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Stem and leaf diagrams
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Stem and leaf diagram purpose

Presents data by breaking numbers into stem and leaf parts

Stem in stem and leaf diagram

Leading digit(s) of the number

Leaf in stem and leaf diagram

Final digit of the number

Stem typically represents which digit

Tens digit

Leaves typically represent which digit

Ones digits

Purpose of key in stem and leaf diagram

Explains how to read the diagram

How leaves should be arranged

In increasing order

Definition of median

Middle number in an ordered list of data

Median with even number of data points

Average of the two middle numbers

What does IQRIQR measure

Spread of the middle 50% of the data

Formula for IQRIQR

IQR=Q3Q1IQR = Q3 - Q1

Q1Q1 (lower quartile) definition

Median of the lower half of the data

Q3Q3 (upper quartile) definition

Median of the upper half of the data

Key advantage of stem and leaf diagrams

Keeps original data, no data is lost

Disadvantage with large data sets

Time-consuming and impractical

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