William Playfair

Playfair'in “Statistical Breviary” adlı eserinden pasta grafik

William Playfair (22 Eylül 1759 - 11 Şubat 1823), İskoç mühendis ve siyasi ekonomist, istatistiksel grafik yöntemlerinin kurucusudur.

Kaynakça

  1. ↑ Paul J. FitzPatrick (1960). "Leading British Statisticians of the Nineteenth Century". In: Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 55, No. 289 (Mar. 1960), pp. 38–70.
  2. ↑ Michael Friendly (2008). "Milestones in the history of thematic cartography, statistical graphics, and data visualization" 26 Eylül 2018 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi.. pp 13–14. Retrieved 7 July 2008.