diagram that superposes a bar chart of the frequencies of events/factors ordered by decreasing occurrences, and a curve of the cumulated frequencies.
The pareto-diagram is a diagram that superposes:
- a bar chart of the frequencies of events/factors that partition a variable. The elements are ordered by decreasing occurrences
- a curve of the cumulated proportion of the events/factors taken in the same order.
The intent is to visualize the pareto principles, which states that a few causes account for the most effects.
See also:
- Pareto chart on Wikipedia