A pareto chart is
A) used to indicate relationships between two variables or pairs of data.
B) a French quality system.
C) a herring bone diagram.
D) a simple bar graph with classifications along the horizontal and vertical axis.

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A Pareto chart is a type of chart that contains both bars and a line graph, where individual values are represented in descending order by bars, and the cumulative total is represented by the line. It is used to highlight the most important among a (typically large) set of factors. In quality control, it serves to highlight the most common sources of defects, the highest occurring type of defect, or the most frequent reasons for customer complaints, etc. It does not indicate relationships between two variables like a scatter plot (A), it is not a French quality system (B), nor is it a herringbone diagram, which is another name for a fishbone or Ishikawa diagram used for identifying root causes (C).

A Pareto Chart Is