alleryWho is generally credited with inventing the bar chart?
AKarl Pearson
BWilliam Playfair
CIsaac Newton
DFrancis Galton
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. William Playfair
1. Many sources name a Scottish political economist of the late 1700s.
2. His name is William Playfair (1759–1824).
3. His Commercial and Political Atlas holds the first known bar chart.
Pearson introduced the word histogram, and the others are known for other charts or methods.
_Source: Wikipedia, Bar chart, History_
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