Table 4 Hand drawn representations of single student context ( n  = 90)
From: Exploring variation in measurement as a foundation for statistical thinking in the elementary school
Type of plot | Level | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
V | Â | Focus on measured values | 36 (total) |
| Â | V1 | Unordered list | 6 |
| Â | V2 | Value plot - unordered, scale from 0 or 10Â cm vertical (5) or horizontal (3) | 9 |
|  | V3 | Value plot - unordered, scale from ≥80 cm vertical (13) or horizontal (3) | 18 |
| Â | V4 | Ordered list | 3 |
F | Â | Focus on frequency of measurements | 58 (total) |
| Â | F0 | Uninterpretable frequency | 4 |
| Â | F1 | Tallies - unordered intervals (2) or individual frequencies (4) | 7 |
| Â | F2 | Frequency plot - unordered intervals (2), individual frequencies (4) or pie in segments (1) | 8 |
| Â | F3 | Tallies/totals - ordered individual totals (1) or individual frequencies (8) | 10 |
| Â | F4 | Frequency plot - ordered intervals unequal width (2) or equal width (6) | 9 |
| Â | F5 | Frequency plot - ordered individual frequencies unscaled ordered (1), bars (1), bars in squares (12), icons (3), or line (1) | 20 |
0 | Â | Impossible to interpret | 7 (total) |