Florence Nightingale Mathematicians

In this essay, the author

• Defines a mathematician as someone whose main area of study is mathematics. mathematicians concern themselves with logic, transformations, numbers and general ideas.
• Explains that scientists who research other fields are considered mathematicians, but only if their research provides insights into mathematics.
• Explains that florence nightingale is remembered throughout the world for her labors in the field of nursing.
• Explains that florence refused to marry several suitors because she wanted to become a nurse. her parents were appalled at this decision because nursing was associated with working-class women and not considered suitable for well-educated women.
• Explains that nursing in the nineteenth century was not considered a reputable career. nurses didn't have any training and hospitals were unsanitary places where the poor went to die.
• Explains how florence nightingale revolutionized the idea that social phenomena could be objectively measured and subjected to mathematical analysis.
• Explains descriptive statistics are numbers used to summarize and describe data, such as the percentage of birth certificates issued in delaware state or the average age of the mother giving birth.
• Explains that descriptive statistics are descriptive and do not involve anything beyond the data at hand. descriptive stats are central to the world of sports.
• Argues that descriptive statistics provide a powerful summary that may enable comparisons across people or other units.