Comments on: Nightingale's Rose http://conflicthealth.com/nightingales-rose/ Armed Conflict, Public Health, Human Security, Health Diplomacy, and Medical Intelligence Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:32:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christopher Albon http://conflicthealth.com/nightingales-rose/comment-page-1/#comment-9366 Christopher Albon Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:52:15 +0000 http://warandhealth.com/nightingales-rose/#comment-9366 Florence Nightingale: The problem with intramonth comparison is that the wedge shape is not adequate for that purpose. Take March 1855 for example, it is impossible (or difficult) to tell just from eyeballing the graphic what the ratio of blue, red, and black. Michael: Thanks for pointing that out, it is embarrassing to think how long that error has been there. TEJ: It was my mistake, I was tinkering with the backend and republishing it. This visualization is beautiful, but not necessarily functional. Attended four World Cup games so far. Good times. Florence Nightingale: The problem with intramonth comparison is that the wedge shape is not adequate for that purpose. Take March 1855 for example, it is impossible (or difficult) to tell just from eyeballing the graphic what the ratio of blue, red, and black.

Michael: Thanks for pointing that out, it is embarrassing to think how long that error has been there.

TEJ: It was my mistake, I was tinkering with the backend and republishing it. This visualization is beautiful, but not necessarily functional. Attended four World Cup games so far. Good times.

]]> By: TEJ http://conflicthealth.com/nightingales-rose/comment-page-1/#comment-9364 TEJ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:31:18 +0000 http://warandhealth.com/nightingales-rose/#comment-9364 Chris I was thinking "gosh, didn't he post this a couple of years ago . . . ?" I've been digging on these guys for a little while now, http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/ , kind of a 'queer eye for the stats guy'. Anyway, get to any world cup matches yet? Chris

I was thinking “gosh, didn’t he post this a couple of years ago . . . ?” I’ve been digging on these guys for a little while now, http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/ , kind of a ‘queer eye for the stats guy’.

Anyway, get to any world cup matches yet?

]]> By: Michael http://conflicthealth.com/nightingales-rose/comment-page-1/#comment-9363 Michael Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:42:43 +0000 http://warandhealth.com/nightingales-rose/#comment-9363 Did you mean August and November of 1854? 1984 might be a little late... ;) Did you mean August and November of 1854?

1984 might be a little late…

;)

]]> By: Florence Nightingale http://conflicthealth.com/nightingales-rose/comment-page-1/#comment-9360 Florence Nightingale Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:56:53 +0000 http://warandhealth.com/nightingales-rose/#comment-9360 Your comments are valid, but you should also reflect the broader point of this graph: No comparing month to month, but comparing types of mortality to highlight the importance of medical care for troops, in particular for infectious diseases compared to battle casualties. The comparison should mainly be done within individual months, between types of deaths, not months to months. That was the aim, and it's done splendidly. Regards and thanks for the blog. Your comments are valid, but you should also reflect the broader point of this graph: No comparing month to month, but comparing types of mortality to highlight the importance of medical care for troops, in particular for infectious diseases compared to battle casualties. The comparison should mainly be done within individual months, between types of deaths, not months to months. That was the aim, and it’s done splendidly.
Regards and thanks for the blog.

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