Parts of a whole

Studied from its original page

Sky-line chart

vertical area-bars (Fig. 474 caption) · area-bar chart (the horizontal form) · compound area-bars (the segmented form, Fig. 475)

Made by
Karsten (naming); American statistical practice
Year
1923
Field
Management and industry
Kind
Data display
Room
Parts of a whole

Not shown here: its rights are not cleared

See the original page — Fig. 474, p. 616 (archive leaf n677)

Test A passes (published 1923) but test B fails: Karsten died in 1968 (B would run to 2038).

The data it needs

  • group grouping (optional) · categorical
  • category identity · categorical
  • count width · quantitative · base units
  • mean height · quantitative · value per unit

Built in 6 steps, as its maker described

pp. 613-620, Figs. 473-475

Skeleton drawing, not the original plate

1 other forms share this skeleton

Source

Karsten 1923, Charts and Graphs, p.615

Attribution less certain: contested, or no single inventor recorded

Searches, not citations

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