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Natural and Political Observations Made Upon the Bills of Mortality

John 1620-1674 Graunt

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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It was mentioned as the first statistical data analysis book, written during the bubonic plague in 1663, to better understand mortality rates and the plague's impact.

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He recorded an examined information about mortality rates because the bubonic plague was just ravaging just the entire area at the time.

— Episode: CLASSIC: Big Data and You

Episode: CLASSIC: Big Data and You

It was mentioned as the first statistical data analysis book, written during the bubonic plague in 1663, to better understand mortality rates and the plague's impact.

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He recorded an examined information about mortality rates because the bubonic plague was just ravaging just the entire area at the time.

And he decided he want to know more information about like what is happening here exactly? How many people are getting affected? Why are they getting affected? Let's get information and we can start solving this.

Just kind of a dry name, right? But it's not a feel good subject.

Episode: CLASSIC: Big Data and You

It was mentioned as the first statistical data analysis book that they have recordings of, detailing mortality rates during the bubonic plague in 1663.

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Just kind of a dry name, right? But it's not a feel good subject.

Episode: CLASSIC: Big Data and You

It was discussed as the first book to contain statistical data analysis, which was used to analyse mortality rates during the bubonic plague in 1663.

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Just kind of a dry name, right? But it's not a feel good subject.

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