Question

the stem - and - leaf plot below shows the amount of tips received by the servers in a restaurant in one night
0 | 9
1 | 2 4 7
2 | 3 6 6 8
3 | 1 2 2 4 5
5 | 9
why is the plot misleading?
the plot shows that the data is skewed
there is not an equal number of data points for each stem
the plot shows duplicate data points
the stem does not clearly show the outlier.

Explanation:

An outlier is a data - point that is significantly different from other data - points. In a stem - and - leaf plot, an outlier should be easily identifiable. Here, the value 59 is an outlier as it is far from the other values. However, the stem - and - leaf plot structure does not clearly emphasize this outlier. Having unequal data points per stem or duplicate data points is not what makes this plot misleading. Also, data being skewed is not the reason for the plot being misleading in this context.

Answer:

The stem does not clearly show the outlier.