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Classification chart is a synopsis of the classification scheme,[1] designed to illustrate the structure of any particular field.

According to Brinton "in a classification chart the facts, data etc. are arranged so that the place of each in relation to all others in readily seen. Quantities need not be given, although a quantitative analysis adds to the value of a classification chart."[2] Classification charts show qualitative information.

In his 1939 Graphic presentation. (first edition 1919) Willard Cope Brinton devoted chapter on classification charts.

References

  1. ^ U. S. Department of the Army. The Writing of American Military History. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956, p. 31.
  2. ^ Willard Cope Brinton, Graphic presentation. 1939. p. 43