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  • 1.  Florence Nightingale statistician

    Posted 04-16-2019 10:45
    Here is a nice little video framing Florence Nightingales role in Nursing and statistics. Please forward this to nurses you know.  It is amazing that many seasoned nurses do not know her achievements in statistics

    https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/what-would-plato-make-of-referendums/p074jgpb?playlist=thinkers-from-the-past-on-the-world-today



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    Ronald LaPorte, Ph.D.
    Professor Emeritus Epidemiology
    University of Pittsburgh
    ronaldlaporte@gmail.com
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  • 2.  RE: Florence Nightingale statistician

    Posted 04-17-2019 09:30
    Yes and let us all remember the statistician Florence Nightengale David (FN David) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale_David) who was named after Florence Nightengale.

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    Jim Baldwin
    Retired
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