NUSSBAUMER, Cole. Storytelling With Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015. Dostupné online. ISBN9781119002253. S. 61–65. (anglicky)
doi.org
dx.doi.org
SPENCE, Ian. Playfair, William (1759–1823), inventor of statistical graphs and writer on political economy [online]. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004-09-23 [cit. 2020-12-12]. DOI10.1093/ref:odnb/22370. (anglicky)
jstor.org
SPENCE, Ian; WAINER, Howard. William Playfair and His Graphical Inventions: An Excerpt from the Introduction to the Republication of His "Atlas" and "Statistical Breviary". S. 224–229. The American Statistician [online]. American Statistical Association, 2005. Čís. 3, s. 224–229. Dostupné online. (anglicky)
COSTIGAN-EAVES, Patricia; MACDONALD-ROSS, Michael. William Playfair (1759-1823). S. 318–326. Statistical Science [online]. Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1990. Čís. 3, s. 318–326. Dostupné online. (anglicky)