The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers, Second Edition
- Contents

List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Boxes
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 Basic Types of Quantitative Comparisons
6 Creating Effective Tables
7 Creating Effective Charts
8 Choosing Effective Examples and Analogies
Part III. pulling it all together
9 Writing about Distributions and Associations
10 Writing about Data and Methods
11 Writing Scientific Papers and Reports
12 Speaking about Numbers
13 Writing for Applied Audiences: Issue Briefs, Chartbooks, Posters, and General-Interest Articles
Appendix A.
Implementing “Generalization, Example, Exceptions” (GEE)
Appendix B.
Comparison of Research Papers, Posters, and Speeches
Notes
Reference List
Index
Economics and Business: Economics--Econometrics and Statistics
Political Science: Public Policy
Sociology: General Sociology
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