Graphing
Essentials

 

Graphing Essentials

Pictographs

Labour Force Profiles, 2001

CITY WORKFORCE POPULATION MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEES RETAIL TRADE EMPLOYEES HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEES
Brantford 44 540 12 220 4615 4240
Cambridge 60 685 19 330 6420 4345
Guelph 60 585 15 460 5945 5290
Hamilton 248 225 49 005 28 465 27 425
Kitchener 106 875 28 155 11 880 7950
London 179 510 25 375 21 190 22 325
Waterloo 49 790 9415 5190 3635

Source: Ontario Economic Development Community Profiles, 2001

Pictographs are also used to make comparisons, but pictures are used instead of bars. First you must decide the value of each picture. For this data we will use: to represent a stick-man pictogram certain number of people.

CITY WORKFORCE POPULATION
Brantford 4 pictogram figures
Cambridge 6 pictogram figures
Guelph 6 pictogram figures
Hamilton 25 pictogram figures
Kitchener 11 pictogram figures
London 18 pictogram figures
Waterloo 5 pictogram figures

For the pictograph above: stick man pictograph= people