The Chicago guide to writing about multivariate analysis /

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Author / Creator:Miller, Jane E. (Jane Elizabeth), 1959-
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
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ISBN:0226527824 (alk. paper)
0226527832 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-455) and index.
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