Poem: The Empassioned Statistician

"The Empassioned Statistician" is a poem by Scottish poet Eveline Pye from Glasgow Caledonin University. The poem was originally published in the June 2016 issue of the Bridges Poetry Anthology. "The Empassioned Statistician" was written to honor English social reformer and statistician Florence Nightingale, the first women granted membership in the Royal Statistical Society. May be used in classroom discussions of the importance of data in illuminating real world issues.