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OriginLab Technical Support
Date Added:
10/19/2025
Last Update:
11/18/2025
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File Name:
Stem-and-L...ot.opx
File Version:
1.00
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Type:
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Summary:

Create a stem-and-leaf plot from data.

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PURPOSE

Create Stem-and-Leaf Plot

 

INSTALLATION

Download the Stem_and_Leaf_Plot.opx, and then drag-and-drop onto the Origin workspace. An icon will appear in the Apps Gallery window.

 

OPERATION

Follow the steps below to set up and create your graph:

  • Input Data: Enter one numeric column to plot.
  • Group (Optional): Enter a column of data that defines groups. Origin will display a separate plot for each unique value in the Group column.
  • Leaf Unit (Optional): Enter a value to specify which decimal place the leaf values represent. If no value is specified, Origin will calculate and select an appropriate one.
  • Auto Split Stem: Select this option to introduce a break in the leaves at 5 automatically. This will help create a stretched stem-and-leaf plot when needed.
  • Max Number of Leaves per Stem: Specify the maximum number of leaves (default = 50) to be displayed for any given stem.
  • Auto Trim Outliers: Select to remove outliers from the main plot. Outlier values are shown on lines labeled Outliers. Origin defines Outliers > 1.5 * IQR.
  • Show Matching Histogram: Select to generate a histogram that matches the stem-and-leaf plot.
  • Output Report: Specify the output location for the stem-and-leaf plot.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. F. Dion. STEMGRAPHIC: A Stem-and-Leaf Plot for the Age of Big Data 2016. [online]. Available: http://artchiv.es/pydata2016/stemgraphic
  2. W. J. Dixon, R. A. Kronmal, The Choice of Origin and Scale for Graphs”, Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery 12, 259-261, 1965.
  3. D. Hoaglin, S. Wasserman. ROSEPACK Document No. 2: Automating Stem-and-Leaf Displays, Working Paper No. 109. NBER, 1975
  4. Cameletti, M. (2010). Stem: Spatio-temporal models in R (Version 1.0) [R package]. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=Stem

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