In statistics, pictograms are charts in which icons represent numbers to make it more interesting and easier to understand. A key is often included to indicate what each icon represents. All icons must be of the same size, but a fraction of an icon can be used to show the respective fraction of that amount.[6]
For example, the following table:
Day | Letters sent |
---|---|
Monday | 10 |
Tuesday | 17 |
Wednesday | 29 |
Thursday | 41 |
Friday | 18 |
can be graphed as follows:
Day | Letters sent |
---|---|
Monday | ![]() |
Tuesday | ![]() ![]() |
Wednesday | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thursday | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Friday | ![]() ![]() |
As the values are rounded to the nearest 5 letters, the second icon on Tuesday is the left half of the original.