alleryWho first introduced the term histogram in lectures in 1892?
AWilliam Playfair
BKarl Pearson
CIsaac Newton
DFrancis Galton
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Karl Pearson
1. The word histogram came into use in the 1890s.
2. It was first introduced by Karl Pearson, founder of mathematical statistics.
3. He did so in lectures at University College London.
Playfair devised the bar chart much earlier, and Newton and Venn are known for other work.
_Source: Wikipedia, Histogram, Etymology_
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