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The radiant diagrams of Florence Nightingale

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    Identificador: RP:4686
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/RP4686
    Autores:
    Andrews, RaymondFriendly, Michael
    Resumen:
    This article is a tribute to the contributions of Florence Nightingale to statistics and statistical graphics on her bicentennial. We start with her most famous “rose” diagram and describe how she came to this graphic, designed to influence medical practice in the British army. But this study takes us backward in time to consider where and when the ideas of radial diagrams arose, why they were useful, and why we call these her “radiant diagrams.”

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    Autor según el artículo: Andrews, Raymond Friendly, Michael
    Palabras clave: Data visualization
    Resumen: This article is a tribute to the contributions of Florence Nightingale to statistics and statistical graphics on her bicentennial. We start with her most famous “rose” diagram and describe how she came to this graphic, designed to influence medical practice in the British army. But this study takes us backward in time to consider where and when the ideas of radial diagrams arose, why they were useful, and why we call these her “radiant diagrams.”
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2021
    Tipo de publicación: Invited article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/article