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Activity Number:
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46
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Graphics
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| Abstract - #305043 |
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Title:
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Graphics in French Statistical Journals during the 19th Century
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Author(s):
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Antoine de Falguerolles*+
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Companies:
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University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)
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Address:
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LSP, Toulouse, F-31000, France
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Keywords:
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graphical statistics ; history of statistics ; French statistical societies
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Abstract:
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The 19th century saw the birth and sometimes the death of a number of French statistical societies. Recently, the name of the Statistical Society of Marseille came up in discussions published in the newsletters of the ASA and RSS. But there were other well-attended societies. Most of them published journals or, at least, were keen on leaving printed evidence of their activity. While some members of the early societies were aware of the work of William Playfair (and a few other forerunners of graphical methods), the discussion of graphical methods in statistics and the use of graphics developed slowly in the French statistical journals. It culminated with articles written by E. Levasseur and E. Cheysson after 1875. I will present and discuss some noticeable examples taken mostly from the Journal of the Statistical Society of Paris.
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