Table 3 Flag output table.

From: A multilevel carbon and water footprint dataset of food commodities

Flag 1

Flag 2

Flag 3

Data handling indications

Size

Outlier

Normality match

Suggested median value to represent the food commodity

Red

Red

Red

n.a

typology

Red

Green

Red

n.a

typology

Red

Green

Yellow

Green

Item or typology

Red

n.a

Red

Yellow

Green

item matching with typology

Yellow

Red

Red

typology

Yellow

Green

Red

Item or typology

Yellow

Red

Yellow

typology

Yellow

Red

Green

item

Yellow

Green

Yellow

Green

item

Yellow

n.a

Red

Yellow

Green

item matching with typology

Green

Red

Red

Yellow

Typology better than item

Green

Red

Green

item

Green

Green

Red

Yellow

Green

item

Green

n.a.

Red

Yellow

item matching with typology

Green*

Red

Green

Red

Yellow

Green

item

  1. Combination of flag colours, attributed to the item data population, into recommendations for the optimal use of the footprint values. Multiple colours in one cell indicate multiple outputs for this cell that can be associated with colours of the other two cells in the same raw; n.a. indicates that the test could not be run (see methods for details), the asterisk * indicates that the WF value of the item is a global or regional or national mean.