Michael Friendly
A.-M. Guerry’s Moral Statistics of France: Challenges for Multivariable Spatial Analysis
andrmichel guerrys 1833 essai sur la statistique morale de la france one foundation studies modern social science guerry assembled data crimes suicides literacy moral statistics used tables maps analyze variety social issues perhaps first comprehensive study relating variables indeed essai may considered book launched modern empirical social science questions raised methods guerry developed try answer guerrys data consist large number variables recorded dpartments france 18201830s therefore involve multivariate geographical aspects addition historical interest data provide opportunity ask modern methods statistics graphics thematic cartography geovisualization shed light questions raised present variety methods attempting address guerrys challenge multivariate spatial statistics