Exploratory analysis and quality control
- Galton ogive Francis Galton · 1875
- Galton board Francis Galton · 1893
- Pearson-Lee bivariate histogram model Karl Pearson and Alice Lee · 1900
- Davenport physical distribution Charles Benedict Davenport · 1901
- Pearson beta1-beta2 chart Charles Rhind (chart form); Karl Pearson (adopted) · 1909-1916
- Hazen probability paper Allen Hazen · 1914
- Normal probability paper Allen Hazen · 1914
- Partial residual plot Mordecai Joseph Brill Ezekiel · 1924
- Thorndike chart Frances Thorndike · 1926
- Operating characteristic (OC) curve Harold Dodge and Harry Romig · 1929-1944
- Log-square paper F. C. Martin and Dickson H. Leavens · 1931
- Rosin-Rammler paper Paul Rosin and Erich Rammler · 1933
- Clopper-Pearson confidence belts Clopper & Pearson · 1934
- Probit plot Chester Ittner Bliss · 1934
- Gumbel probability paper Emil Julius Gumbel · 1941
- Binomial probability paper Mosteller & Tukey · 1949
- Pearson-Hartley power charts Egon Pearson and Herman Otto Hartley · 1951
- Weibull probability paper Waloddi Weibull · 1951
- Range bar chart Mary Eleanor Spear · 1952
- Half-normal plot Cuthbert Daniel · 1959
- Youden plot W.J. Youden · 1959
- P-P plot No single documented originator · 1960s-1970s
- Larson binomial nomogram Harold J. Larson · 1966
- Q-Q plot Martin Bradbury Wilk and Ramanathan Gnanadesikan · 1968
- Hazard paper (hazard plotting) Wayne Nelson · 1972
- Suspended (hanging) rootogram John Wilder Tukey · 1972
- Back-to-back stem-and-leaf display John Wilder Tukey · 1977
- Dot-box tally John W. Tukey · 1977
- Median polish John Wilder Tukey · 1977
- Resistant line John Wilder Tukey · 1977
- Stem-and-leaf display John W. Tukey · 1977
- Notched box plot Robert McGill, John Wilder Tukey and Wayne A. Larsen · 1978
- Letter-value display David Caster Hoaglin · 1983
- Galbraith radial plot Rex F. Galbraith · 1988
- Five-bar gate tally Anonymous; European counting practice · folk convention
- Zheng character tally Anonymous; East Asian counting practice · folk convention