Study Guide

The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis (First Edition)

Jane E. Miller

This website makes available in PDF format a study guide for the first edition of The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis by Jane E. Miller. (A new, second editon has been published and has its own website of supplementary material.) Each substantive chapter of the first edtion has problem sets, suggested course extensions, and solutions suitable for use in the college classroom. Individual parts of the guide may be downloaded below. Or the entirety of the 137-page guide is available in one PDF file.


 
Chapter 1. Introduction
 
Chapter 2. Seven Basic Principles
 
Chapter 3. Causality, Statistical Significance, and Substantive Significance
 
Chapter 4. Five More Technical Principles
 
Chapter 5. Creating Effective Tables
 
Chapter 6. Creating Effective Charts
 
Chapter 7. Choosing Effective Examples and Analogies
 
Chapter 8. Basic Types of Quantitative Comparisons
 
Chapter 9. Quantitative Comparisons for Multivariate Models
 
Chapter 10. Choosing How to Present Statistical Test Results
 
Chapter 11. Writing Introductions, Conclusions, and Abstracts
 
Chapter 12. Writing about Data and Methods
 
Chapter 13. Writing about Distributions and Associations
 
Chapter 14. Writing about Multivariate Models
 
Chapter 15. Speaking about Multivariate Analysis
 
Chapter 16. Writing for Applied Audiences
 



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Jane E. Miller is also the author of The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers. A separate study guide is available for that book.

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