Literacy of men and women

The Islamic world is attracting increased attention in Europe and North America. The table below shows the percentage of men and women at least 15 years old who were literate in 2002 in the major Islamic nations. We omitted countries with populations of less than 3 million. Data for a few nations, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, are not available.

To make a stemplot of the percentage of females who are literate, use the first digits as stems and the second digits as leaves. Algeria’s 60% literacy rate, for example, appears as the leaf 0 on the stem 6.  The figure below shows the steps in making the plot.

Making a stemplot of the data in the table.

1. Write the stems.
2. Go through the data and write each leaf on the proper stem. For example, the values on the 8 stem are 86, 82, and 85 in the order of the table.
3. Arrange the leaves on each stem in order out from the stem. The 8 stem
   now has leaves 2 5 6.

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