Di

agr
ammat
icorGr
aphi
calRepr
esent
ati
onofDat
a
Diagrammat i
cRepr esentat
ions:Theuseofdiagramstoil
lustr
atest
atist
icaldataisv er
y
essenti
al.Thegreatestwayf orrepr
esenti
nganynumer i
caldataobt
ainedi nstati
sticsi
sthrough
diagr
ammat i
crepresentati
ons.“Apict
ureisworthathousandwords,”accordi
ngt oonef amous
quote.Incomparisont otabularort
extual
represent
ati
ons,thedi
agrammat icdispl
ayofdat a
provi
desani mmedi ateunderstandi
ngofthetruescenari
otobedefinedbyt hedat a.

I
teffi
cientlyconv
ertstheexceedinglycomplexideascontainedinnumber sintoamor econcrete
andreadilyunderst
andableform.Althoughdiagramsar elesscertai
n,t
heyar efarmor eef
fi
cient
i
ndisplay i
ngdatathantables.Therearenumer oustypesofdiagramsincommonuse.Si mil
arl
y ,
thedi
agr ammat i
crepresentat
ionofdat agi
vesal otofinf
ormationregardi
ngt henumer i
caldata.
Letuslearnaboutdiagrammat icrepresent
ati
onsandt heirty
pesindetaili
nt hi
sarti
cle.

Di
agr
ammat
icRepr
esent
ati
onofDat
a:Meani
ng

Representati
onofanynumerical
dat
abyusingdiagr
amsi sknownasdiagrammati
c
repr
esentation.Di
agr
ammat i
cdatar
epr
esentati
onsgiv
easi mpleandeasyunder
standi
ngof
anynumer icaldat
acoll
ect
edascomparedwiththet
abularfor
m ofthedat
aortextualf
orm of
thedata.

Oneoft hef amousquot essay sthat“Api ct

urespeaksmorethanwords.
”Similar
ly,
torepresent
thestatisti
caldata,theessent i
altooli
st hediagr
ams.Diagrammaticdat
arepresentat
ions
transl
atet hehighlycompl exideasincludedinthegivennumeri
caldatai
ntoconcreteandpretty
effect
ivelyinasimpl e,understandablemanner .

Diagrammaticr
epr
esent
ationsusegeomet
ricalf
iguresasdi
agr
amstoimprovethe
represent
ati
onoft
hedata.Diagr
ammaticr
epresentati
onsar
eli
kev
isual
assist
ancetot
he
readers.

Basi
csofDi
agr
ammat
icPr
esent
ati
ons

Diagrammaticrepr
esent
ati
onofdatagi
vesalotofinformati
onregardingnumeri
caldat
a.I
tisa
mor eattr
act
iveandeasywayofrepr
esent
inganynumer ical
dat
ai nstati
sti
cs.Di
agr
ammatic
represent
ati
onsareli
kevi
sual
assist
ancetothereaders.

Diagrammaticr
epresent
ati
onsuset
hegeometri
calf
igur
esasdiagr
amstoi
mprovet
hedat
a
represent
ati
on,
suchascartogr
aphy
,pi
ctogr
aphs,Pi
echart
s,bardi
agr
ams,
etc.

Adv
ant
agesofDi
agr
ammat
icPr
esent
ati
ons

Thev
ari
ousadv
ant
agesoft
hedi
agr
ammat
icr
epr
esent
ati
onsar
eli
stedbel
ow:
  Thedi
agrammat
icr
epresentat
ionsoft
hedat
aaremoreatt
ract
iveandpret
tyi
mpr
essi
ve
compar
edwitht
hetabul
arform oft
hedat
aortext
ual
for
m ofthedata.

 Thedi
agrammati
crepr
esent
ati
onsofthedat
aar
eeasyt
orememberast
heyuset
he
geomet
ri
calf
igur
esasthedi
agrams.

 Thedi
agr
ammat
icr
epr
esent
ati
onofdat
aiseasyt
ounder
stand.

 Di
agrammat
icdatarepr
esent
ati
onst
ransl
atet
hehighlycompl
exi
deasincl
udedinthe
gi
vennumer
ical
dataint
oconcret
eandpret
tyeff
ect
ivelyi
nasi
mple,under
standabl
e
manner.

 Di
agr
ammat i
crepr
esent
ati
onsalsohel
pident
if
yhi
ddenf
act
sorr
elat
ionsi
nthedat
athat
ar
enotobser
vedinthet
abularf
orm.

 Di
agr
ammat
icr
epr
esent
ati
onsoft
hedat
aar
eahandyt
ool
int
hecompar
isonofdat
a.

Ty
pesofDi
agr
ammat
icRepr
esent
ati
ons

Diagrammaticr
epresent
ati
onsusethegeometri
calf
igur
esasdiagr
amstoi
mprovet
hedat
a
represent
ati
on,
suchascartogr
aphs,pi
ctogr
aphs,Pi
echart
s,bardi
agr
ams,
etc.

1.Li
neDi
agr
ams

I
ntheli
neardiagr
ammati
crepresent
ati
onsofthedat
a,wewi
lluset
helinet
hatconnect
sthe
poi
ntsorport
ionsoft
hevar
iousdatainthegr
aphbytaki
ngt
wov ar
iabl
esonhori
zontal
and
ver
ti
calaxes.

Exampl
e:

Thebel
owdi
agr
am gi
vest
hel
i
nearr
epr
esent
ati
onoft
hewi
l
dli
fepopul
ati
onofbear
s,whal
es,
dol
phi
ns.

Li
neDi
agr
ams:
2.BarDi
agr
ams

I
nthebardiagrammat i
crepr
esentati
onofdata,t
hedatacanberepresent
edbyr ect
angularbars.
Theheightofthebarsgiv
esthevalueorfr
equencyofthevar
iabl
e.Allr
ect
angularbarsshould
haveequalwidth.Thi
sisoneofthebest-
usedtoolsf
orthecomparisonofthedata.

Exampl
e:

Bi
rt
hday
sofdi
ff
erentst
udent
satt
heschool
int
hedi
ff
erentmont
hs.

BarDi
agr
ams

3.Hi
stogr
ams

Hist
ogramsar
ealsosimil
art
obardiagrams;t
heyuserect
angul
arbar
stor
epr
esentt
hedat
a.
Butall
ther
ect
angularbar
sarekeptwit
houtanygaps.

Hi
stogr
ams:
4.Pi
eDi
agr
ams

Pi
eDiagr
am i
sadiagr
ammaticrepr
esentat
ionofdatabyusi
ngci
rclesandspher
es.I
nthepi
e
di
agr
ams,acir
clei
sdiv
idedi
ntopart
s,suchthateachpar
tshowsthepropor
ti
onofvari
ousdat
a.

Exampl
e:

Thebel
owpi
edi
agr
am r
epr
esent
sthedi
ff
erentmodesoft
ranspor
tusedbyt
hest
udent
s.

Meani
ngofPi
eDi
agr
ams

5.Pi
ctogr
aphs

Thepict
ographi
crepresentati
onshowst hegivendatagraphi
cal
lybyusi
ngimagesorsymbol
s.
Thesymbol ori
magei susedi nthepict
ographi
cdiagramsdescri
besthefr
equencyoft
heobj
ect
i
nthegivensetofdata.Pictographsprovi
dedtheinf
or mat
ionofthegi
vendatabyusi
ng
symbolsorimages.

Exampl
e:

Thepi
ctographdi
agram bel
owshowsthemodeoftranspor
tusedbyt
henumberofst
udent
s
usi
ngtheimage,andeachimagerepr
esent
sthev
alue.
Pi
ctogr
aphs: