The Chicago Guide to Writing About Multivariate Analysis

Starting with twelve core principles for writing about numbers, Miller goes on to discuss how to use tables, charts, examples, and analogies to write a clear, compelling argument using multivariate results as evidence. Writers will repeatedly look to this book for guidance on how to express their ideas in scientific papers, grant proposals, speeches, issue briefs, chartbooks, posters, and other documents. Communicating with multivariate models need never appear so complicated again.

About the Author :
Jane E. Miller is on the faculty of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. She is the author of The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Review :
"Jane Miller begins by offering her readers a map to help them navigate their way through the maze of multivariate analysis. . . . It will be a useful reference text to all involved with presenting data."--Wadia "Wade" Hanna "Public Health" "The extent of the research and thought that went into this work is clear in the wealth of information presented and the extensive reference citations. Although the information presented may seem basic to highly experienced and specialized scientific writers and editors, they might find it helpful to have it all covered in a single, compact text. Generalist writers and editors will probably find it useful in ensuring that their work includes relevant, well-presented information."--Edith Paal "Science Editor" "Aimed at people with a concrete grounding in multivariate analysis and other advanced statistical methods, this handbook outlines basic narrative and graphic communication principles and practices for using numeric facts as evidence in a research inquiry. Focusing on both publications and oral presentations, it covers audiences, research questions, summarizing, reviews, and answering 'so what' questions--as well as connecting all the dots in between. To assist readers in understanding the ideas, Miller practices what she preaches, keeping text succinct, vocabulary accessible, and examples and analogies easy to relate to. The tome is chock full of 'Zen moments'." -- "Choice" "The Chicago Guide to Writing About Multivariate Analysis provides practical guidance to anyone who has to organize and present basic and complex statistical analyses. From presentations to manuscripts, from scientific to lay audiences, from simple concepts to complex ones, this book covers the waterfront of issues with an easy-to-grasp style. The book is loaded with practical examples, often illustrated with poor, better, and best ways to communicate. . . . The value of multivariate analyses lies in a clear understanding of the data, the information gleaned, the meaning, and the implications for research and action. This book should enhance that value for scientists in many disciplines and at all levels and give them greater confidence in the effectiveness of their communication." --Steven Teutsch, chief science officer of the Los Angeles County Health Department "This is a terrific book that almost everyone writing or talking about multivariate analysis, from undergraduate student to veteran scholar, would find useful." --James Trussell, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and Director, Office of Population Research, Princeton University