Moving from text or numbers to pictures
English translation of original map by Charles Minard (1885) showing the fate of Napoleon’s Grand Army in the Russian campaign of 1812. (Tufte. 2001. p.41)
Poetry or Maths?
Reproduced from: Burrows J. (2002) ‘‘Delta’: a Measure of Stylistic Difference and a Guide to Likely Authorship’, Literary and Linguistic Computing, Vol. 17:3 p. 270.
Reproduced from: Burrows J. (2002) ‘‘Delta’: a Measure of Stylistic Difference and a Guide to Likely Authorship’, Literary and Linguistic Computing, Vol. 17:3 p. 280.
Figure 1. St. Ives and thirty-two authors.Delta z-scores for 6000-word rolling segments, with 1000-word increments.
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John Burrows (2006) Wisbey Lecture at King’s College London
Women and Property in Early Modern England
Data as lists
Ann Simms of Riverhead (Female) left £1560 died at age 89 years
Anne Potts of Ide Hill (Female) left £34 died at 17 years
Charles Forth of Chevening (Male) left £129 died at age 48 years
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George Salter of Riverhead (male) left £190, died at age 26 years
Data as a table
Forename Surname Village Gender Wealth Age at death
Ann Simms Riverhead Female £1560 89
Anne Potts Ide Hill Female £34 17
Charles Forth Chevening Male £129 48
Tables in a Spreadsheet
Stature in Transition
‘Stature in Transition’ research paper(ssh.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/28/2/231.pdf)
• Living conditions during industrial revolution in Belgium.
• Should have stopped growing by 19.• Data available for 19 and 20 year olds.• Conscript records – long span of consistent
data (under 155cm exempt). • Crosses classes, occupations, city/rural.• Records height, occupation, place of origin.• Provides snapshots and timeseries.
Background Data
• Table 1
Were they still growing?
Trends
Not so good