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This Passionate Study - A Dialogue with Florence Nightingale

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dc.contributor.authorMaindonald, John
dc.contributor.authorRichardson, Alice
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:09:53Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T23:09:53Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T08:21:16Z
dc.description.abstractOn her death in 1910, Florence Nightingale left a vast collection of reports, letters, notes and other written material. There are numerous publications that make use of this material, often highlighting Florence's attitude to a particular issue. In this paper we gather a set of quotations and construct a dialogue with Florence Nightingale on the subject of statistics. Our dialogue draws attention to strong points of connection between Florence Nightingale's use of statistics and modern evidence-based approaches to medicine and public health. We offer our dialogue as a memorable way to draw the attention of students to the key role of data-based evidence in medicine and in the conduct of public affairs.
dc.identifier.issn1069-1898
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/87211
dc.provenanceCopyright © 2004 by John Maindonald and Alice M. Richardson, all rights reserved. This text may be freely shared among individuals, but it may not be republished in any medium without express written consent from the authors and advance notification of the editor. ANU Open Research acknowledged the editor via email, archived in ERMS3024996.
dc.publisherAmerican Statistical Association
dc.rightsCopyright © 2004 by John Maindonald and Alice M. Richardson, all rights reserved. This text may be freely shared among individuals, but it may not be republished in any medium without express written consent from the authors and advance notification of the editor. The authors requested open access.
dc.sourceJournal of Statistics Education
dc.source.urihttp://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/contents_2004.html.
dc.source.urihttps://ww2.amstat.org/publications/jse/v12n1/maindonald.html
dc.subjectKeywords: Evidence-based medicine; History of statistics; Statistics education
dc.titleThis Passionate Study - A Dialogue with Florence Nightingale
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage11
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.contributor.affiliationMaindonald, John, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationRichardson, Alice M, University of Canberra
local.contributor.authoruidMaindonald, John, u9801539
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor010499 - Statistics not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub16405
local.identifier.citationvolume12
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-2942729574
local.type.statusPublished Version

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