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Late 19th-century machine for summarizing information stored on punch cards
The tabulating machine was an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards. Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census. Later models were widely used for business applications such as accounting and inventory control. It spawned a class of machines, known as unit record equipment, and the data processing industry. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Tabulating machineA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Data Supremacy: Race In-Formation Through Herman Hollerith’s Tabulating MachineInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Statistical typingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Electrical Tabulating MachineCited 24 times
- Go sideways: Unit record equipmentA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Herman HollerithA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun An electromechanical machine used to summarise information and perform accounting calculations.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Electrical Tabulating Machine
The Application of the Hollerith Tabulating Machine to Brown's Tables of the Moon. (Plates 11–13.)
Factor Analysis Calculations by Tabulating Machines
The Concurrent Validity of the PAT in the Selection of Tabulating Machine Operators
Fundamental Principles in Tabulating Machine Methods of Statistical Analysis
Standardization of the GATB for the occupation of tabulating machine operator.
Coding and tabulating machine processing of physical signs in toxicity tests
The Validity of the PAT in the Selection of Tabulating Machine Operators: An Analysis of Predictive Power
🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Statistical typingS. J. Wanous · 1945
Automatic, mechanical, punching, counting, sorting, tabulating and printing machinesWilliam E. Freeman · 1915
Punched card methods in scientific computationW. J. Eckert · 1940- 📕Bibliography on the uses of punched cardsLorna Ferris · 1948
- 📕Practical applications of the punched card method in colleges and universitiesG. W. Baehne · 1935
- 📕Principles of punch-card machine operationHarry P. Hartkemeier · 1942
- 📕The Hollerith and Powers tabulating machinesL. J. Comrie · 1933
- 📕I sistemi a schede perforateNicola Riva · 1947
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