(De) (Moivre) returned 24 hits
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The normal distribution, derived as the limit of the binomial distribution
Category:
Other
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Album de Statistique Graphique, an annual series over 20 years, using all known graphic forms (map-based pies and stars, mosaic, line graphs, bar charts, and, of course, numerous flow maps) to depict data relevant to planning (railways, canals, ports, tramways, etc.) [This series, under the direction of Émile Cheysson, is regarded as the epitome of the "Golden Age of Statistical Graphics'']
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Use of geometric, proportional figures (squares) to compare demographic quantities by superposition, an early "tableau graphique''
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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First attempt to determine scientifically what should be the purchase price of annuities, using mortality tables
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Use of ethnographic maps, showing the distribution of mixed nationalities, played an important role in redrawing national boundaries of Central Europe and the Balkans following World War I
Category:
Cartography
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Coordinate system reintroduced in mathematics, analytic geometry; relationship established between graphed line and equation
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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First simple dot map of population by department, 1 dot = 10,000 people
Category:
Cartography
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The central limit theorem explains why many distributions tend to be close to the normal distribution. The key ingredient is that the random variable being observed should be the sum or mean of many independent identically distributed random variables.
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Liber de Ludo Alaea, a practical guide to gambling, containing the first systematic computation of probabilities; written in 1562, but not published until 1663.
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Introduction of a notation which gives a name and address to every possible point in 3D space, $(x,y,z)$.
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Development of descriptive geometry, that leads to engineering drawing
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Initial statements of the theory of probability
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Graphs of distance vs. speed, presumably of the theoretical relation
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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First graph of isotherms, showing mean temperature around the world by latitude and longitude. Recognizing that temperature depends more on latitude and altitude, a subscripted graph shows the direct relation of temperature on these two variables
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Catalan Atlas, an exquisitely beautiful visual cosmography, perpetual calendar, and thematic representation of the known world
Category:
Cartography
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First successful photograph produced (an 8-hour exposure). [A type of asphalt (bitumen of Judea) was coated on metal plates. After exposure it was washed in solvents, the light areas were shown by the bitumen, dark areas by bare metal. Exposed to iodine, the plate darkened in the shadowed areas.]
Category:
Technology
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Development of the logistic curve, $ y = k / (1 + C e^{rt})$, to describe the growth of human populations
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Population contour map (population density shown by contours), the first statistical use of a contour map
Category:
Cartography
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Combination of many variables into multi-function nomograms, using 3D, juxtaposition of maps, parallel coordinate and hexagonal grids (L'Abaque Triomphe)
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Comprehensive theory of graphical symbols and modes of graphics representation
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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First-known use of a semi-graphic table to display a data table by shading levels
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
