The Chicago guide to writing about multivariate analysis /
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Author / Creator: | Miller, Jane E. (Jane Elizabeth), 1959- |
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Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005. |
Description: | xv, 487 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Technical writing. Multivariate analysis. Multivariate analysis. Technical writing. |
Format: | Print Book |
Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's c.2 is in hardcover. |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5725270 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Boxes
- Preface
- 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. Creating Effective Tables
- 6. Creating Effective Charts
- 7. Choosing Effective Examples and Analogies
- 8. Basic Types of Quantitative Comparisons
- 9. Quantitative Comparisons for Multivariate Models
- 10. Choosing How to Present Statistical Test Results
- Part III. Pulling it All Together
- 11. Writing Introductions, Conclusions, and Abstracts
- 12. Writing about Data and Methods
- 13. Writing about Distributions and Associations
- 14. Writing about Multivariate Models
- 15. Speaking about Multivariate Analyses
- 16. Writing for Applied Audiences
- Appendix A. Implementing "Generalization, Example, Exceptions" (GEE)
- Appendix B. Translating Statistical Output into Table and Text
- Appendix C. Terminology for Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Logistic Models
- Appendix D. Using a Spreadsheet for Calculations
- Notes
- Reference List