The Chicago guide to writing about numbers /

The Chicago guide to writing about numbers /

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Author / Creator:Miller, Jane E. (Jane Elizabeth), 1959-
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
Subject:Technical writing.
Rédaction technique.
05.16 writing.
30.99 exact sciences: other.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
Données statistiques.
Technical writing.
Technische Unterlage
Visualisierung
Wissenschaftliches Manuskript
Schrijven.
Rapporteren.
Kwantitatieve gegevens.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Reference works.
Reference works.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11201949
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ISBN:0226526321
9780226526324
9780226526317
0226526313
9781281431240
1281431249
0226526305
0226526313
9780226526300
9780226526324
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-277) and index.
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Summary:People who work well with numbers are often stymied by how to write about them. Those who don't often work with numbers have an even tougher time trying to put them into words. For instance, scientists and policy analysts learn to calculate and interpret numbers, but not how to explain them to a general audience. Students learn about gathering data and using statistical techniques, but not how to write about their results. And readers struggling to make sense of numerical information are often left confused by poor explanations. Many books elucidate the art of writing, but books on writing abo.
Other form:Print version: Miller, Jane E. (Jane Elizabeth), 1959- Chicago guide to writing about numbers. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004

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