The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis

“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

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.


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



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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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