The radiant diagrams of Florence Nightingale

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 st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Friendly, Michael|||0000-0002-3237-0941, Andrews, Raymond
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:243656
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/243656
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.2436/20.8080.02.106
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Data visualization
Polar area diagram
Radial diagram
Nursing
Sanitation
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Sumario: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."