page_title: List of women in statistics
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hierarchical_section_title: List of women in statistics / N
caption_attribution_description: Example of polar area diagram by w:Florence Nightingale (1820–1910). This "Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the East" was published in Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army and sent to Queen Victoria in 1858. This graphic indicates the number of deaths that occured from preventable diseases (in blue), those that were the results of wounds (in red), and those due to other causes (in black). The legend reads: The Areas of the blue, red, &amp; black wedges are each measured from the centre as the common vertex. The blue wedges measured from the centre of the circle represent area for area the deaths from Preventable or Mitigable Zymotic diseases, the red wedges measured from the centre the deaths from wounds, &amp; the black wedges measured from the centre the deaths from all other causes. The black line across the red triangle in Nov. 1854 marks the boundary of the deaths from all other causes during the month. In October 1854, &amp; April 1855, the black area coincides with the red, in January &amp; February 1856, the blue coincides with the black. The entire areas may be compared by following the blue, the red, &amp; the black lines enclosing them.
context_page_description: This is a list of women who have made noteworthy contributions to or achievements in statistics.
context_section_description: Mary Gibbons Natrella (1922–1988), author of a widely used handbook on statistics for scientific and engineering experiments
  Johanna G. Nešlehová, Czech-Canadian mathematical statistician, known for work on copulas and operational risk
  Ethel Newbold (1882–1933), English epidemiologist and statistician, namesake of Ethel Newbold Prize for excellence in statistics
  Helen Alma Newton Turner (1908–1995), Australian authority on sheep genetics
  Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), English founder of modern nursing, pioneer in information visualization and statistical graphics
  Deborah A. Nolan, American statistician and statistics educator
  Sharon-Lise Normand, Canadian biostatistician who evaluates the quality of care provided by physicians and hospitals
  Delia North, a leader in statistics education in South Africa
  Janet L. Norwood (1923–2015), first female Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Sarah Nusser (born 1957), American survey statistician
  Regina Nuzzo, American statistician, science communicator, and teacher of statistics to the deaf
  Vera Nyitrai (1926–2011), president of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office and first female chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission
caption: One of Florence Nightingale's pioneering works in statistical graphics
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