Paper 2 · Specimen 2026 · data presentation
Examination marks are displayed as below, with 1 alongside a leaf 3 standing for the mark 13 %.
| Stem | Leaves |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 3 |
| 5 | 0 2 6 8 |
| 6 | 1 2 2 2 7 |
| 7 | 0 3 4 5 5 8 9 |
| 8 | 0 3 4 4 8 |
| 9 | 2 7 7 8 |
key: 4|1 means 41 %
What is the name of this type of display?
AA stem and leaf diagram, which splits each value into a stem and a leaf
BA histogram, whose bar areas are proportional to the class frequencies
CA cumulative frequency curve, which plots running totals against class boundaries
DA box and whisker plot, which shows the median, the quartiles and the extremes
Explanation
Each mark is split into a stem (its tens digit) and a leaf (its units digit), with the leaves listed alongside their stem, which is a stem and leaf diagram.
Derived from ZIMSEC Statistics 6046/2 Paper 2, Specimen Paper, Q2