Florence Nightingale and the politicians’ pigeon holes: using data for the good of society
Florence Nightingale, best known as the Lady with the Lamp, is recognised as a pioneering and passionate statistician. She was also passionate about education, having argued successfully with her parents to be allowed to study mathematics, and later nursing, herself. More widely, she offered opinions on the education of children, soldiers, army doctors, and nurses, as well as railing against the ‘enforced idleness’ of women. A particular concern was the lack of statistical literacy among politicians. As we celebrate the bicentenary of her birth, the need for education in statistical and data skills shows no signs of abating. What advice would Florence Nightingale offer were she here today?
Date: 18 March 2020, 14:30
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L1, Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford
Speaker: Prof Deborah Ashby (Imperial College London)
Organising department: Department of Statistics
Organiser: Beverley Lane (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: lane@stats.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Professor Christl Donnelly (University of Oxford), Professor Alison Etheridge (University of Oxford)
Part of: Florence Nightingale Annual Lecture
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Cost: No charge
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Beverley Lane