The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers.

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Author / Creator:	Miller, Jane E.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (431 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Technical writing. Technical writing.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11349127

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ISBN:	9780226185804 022618580X
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	Jane E. Miller is a research professor at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research and the School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, as well as the faculty director of Project L/EARN. She is the author of The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis, Second Edition, also from University of Chicago Press.
Other form:	Print version: Miller, Jane E. Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2015 9780226185637

Table of Contents:

List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Part I. Principles; 2. Seven Basic Principles; 3. Causality, Statistical Significance, and Substantive Significance; 4. Five More Technical Principles; Part II. Tools; 5. Basic Types of Quantitative Comparisons; 6. Creating Effective Tables; 7. Creating Effective Charts; 8. Choosing Effective Examples and Analogies; Part III. Pulling it All Together; 9. Writing about Distributions and Associations; 10. Writing about Data and Methods; 11. Writing Scientific Papers and Reports; 12. Speaking about Numbers.
13. Writing for Applied Audiences: Issue Briefs, Chartbooks, Posters, and General-Interest ArticlesAppendix A. Implementing "Generalization, Example, Exceptions" (GEE); Appendix B. Comparison of Research Papers, Oral Presentations, and Posters; Notes; Reference List; Index.

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