The golden age of statistical graphics

Statistical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 502-535

  Friendly, Michael ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charles joseph minard; Data visualization; Florence nightingale; Francis galton; Francis walker; History of statistics; Smoothing; Thematic cartography

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649366087     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/08-STS268     Document Type: Article

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