Juan wants to find the mode of the data set below.
2, 7, 7, 11, 6, 3, 7, 4, 1, 9, 6, 2, 3, 8, 5, 1
He decides to use a stem and leaf plot to help him, but his teacher tells him that he should consider using a line plot instead. Why is a line plot a better choice than a stem and leaf plot for this set?
A line plot shows all the numbers lined up and will easily show what the mode, or most occurring number is. A stem and leaf plot shows this, but is less clear and is more used for what numbers are.