What would Florence Nightingale make of big data? | BBC Ideas

A brief history of Florence Nightingale and her significance - not just for healthcare, but for statistics. This animation with statistician David Spiegelhalter explores Florence Nightingale's story - why Florence Nightingale (aka "the lady with the lamp") is important, what she is famous for, and how she was also one of the early pioneers of statistics.

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