Revising the Pareto Chart by Leland Wilkinson (2006) offers some interesting variations on the Pareto chart, but none that resembles the K chart. And for reference purposes, here is what a Single Axis Pareto chart looks like for the same dataset:
And a Dual Axes Pareto Chart:
I find the K chart much easier to read than either version of the traditional Pareto chart.
Furthermore, as Leland Wilkinson correctly states:
"[...], there is no theoretical justification for representing the cumulative frequencies with an interpolated line element. Since the categories cannot be assumed to be equally spaced on a scale, we are not justified in interpreting the overall slope or segment slopes in this line. For similar reasons, we are not justified in looking for “kinks” in this line to detect breakpoints or subgroups of problem categories."
This is probably the biggest problem with the traditional Pareto chart, and this problem is solved by replacing the Line graph by a Level chart.
