Data Sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization
Data sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization
van Langren's Data on Longitude Distance between Toledo and Rome
Data from Minard's famous graphic map of Napoleon's march on Moscow
John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
The 'HistData' package provides a collection of small data sets that are interesting and important in the history of statistics and data visualization. The goal of the package is to make these available, both for instructional use and for historical research. Some of these present interesting challenges for graphics or analysis in R.