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A Brief History of Stats Porn

Andrew Godwin
November 13, 2010

A Brief History of Stats Porn

A talk I gave at BarCamp London 8 in 2010.

Andrew Godwin

November 13, 2010
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  1. History of Stats Porn
    A brief
    Andrew Godwin
    @andrewgodwin

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  2. c. 950 AD

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  3. Nicole Oresme (1323 - 1382)

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  4. C. J. Minard, 1869

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  5. E J Marey, 1880s

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  6. Joseph Priestley, 1765

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  7. William Playfair, 1786

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  8. William Playfair, 1801

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  9. Florence Nightingale, 1858

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  10. Will Burtin, 1951

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  11. Charles de Fourcroy,
    1782

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  12. Dr John Snow,
    1854

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  13. Luigi Perozzo,
    1879

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  14. Richard A. Becker and William S. Cleveland, 1987

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  15. Lee Byron, 2006

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  16. James Moody, 1995

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  17. Kai Krause, 2010

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  18. David McCandless, 2009

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  19. Channel 4 / MySociety, 2009

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  20. Jesse Bachman, 2004

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  21. Thanks.
    Andrew Godwin
    @andrewgodwin
    http://aeracode.org

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