Pictograms

Statistics

Statistics is the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation and organization of data. Statistics helps to present information using picture or illustration. Illustration may be in the form of tables, diagrams, charts or graphs.

Pictograms

This is a way of showing information using images. Each image stands for a certain number of things.

Interpretation of Pictograms

For example here is a pictograph showing how many apples were sold over 4 months at a local shop.

Each picture of 1 apple means 10 apples and the half-apple means 5 apples.

Note that:

1. The method is not very accurate. For example in our example we can't show just 1 apple or 2 apples.
2. Pictures should be of the same size and same distance apart. This helps easy comparison.
3. The scale depends on the amount of data you have. If the data is huge, then one image can stand for large number like 100, 1000, 10 000 and so on.