Question

A pictorial representation of data is called as
A.Attractive graph
B.pictograph
C.bar graph
D.pie diagram

Answer 1

Hint: As it is a simple multiple choice question, we can answer this by eliminating the options. “Attractive graph” is no such term in statistics, so it is eliminated. “Bar graph” and “pie diagram” would mean one and the same thing, that is they are a type of pictorial representation of data, so as they both cannot be the answer, both options are eliminated, which leaves us with one option as “pictograph”

Complete step-by-step answer:
Pictograph is a way of displaying any data in the form of images which are easy to comprehend and understand easily without a lot of efforts. It helps in summarizing a huge amount of data in one single picture or diagram. Pictograph is used extensively in day-to-day life in the fields of sports to analyze teams’ performance, in share markets to predict the movement of the market. It is used to emphasize on certain topics where simple data may not provide a lot of weight. A good example of this would be a graph of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Over millions of years.
The best advantage of using pictograms is that you don’t have to go through every set of data, as it is summarized in one single picture.
Option B is the correct answer.

Note: The most used and preferred pictographs are “pie chart” and “bar diagram”. They’re named so because of their shapes. A “pie chart” looks similar to a pie because of its round shape and “bar diagram” has long bars. A longer bar in “bar diagram” or greater arc in a “pie chart” indicates more value of the data into consideration.