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