JSM 2006 Online Program


This is the preliminary program for the 2006 Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle, Washington.
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= Theme Session,

= Presenter, Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers = “S”
Washington State Convention & Trade Center = “CC”, Grand Hyatt Seattle = “H”


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CE_27C	Tue, 8/8/06, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	CC-305
Effective Scientific Writing - Continuing Education - Course
The ASA
Instructor(s): Judith A. Swan, Princeton University
This course will explore scientific writing from its readers' perspective. Research in many fields has demonstrated that readers of English derive most of their clues for interpretation from the structural locations of those words. This course will develop the readers' perspective on writing at all levels of structure, from sentences to full documents, identifying in the process how many distinctive aspects of scientific writing function to present the detailed and persuasive arguments of scientific thinking. The results are not merely cosmetic, but substantive. Better writing leads to more successful statistics and science. Course attendees are expected to be familiar with the topic at the level of: The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science by Scott L. Montgomery, The University of Chicago Press OR The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication by James G. Paradis and Muriel L. Zimmerman, The MIT Press.

JSM 2006 For information, contact jsm@amstat.org or phone (888) 231-3473. If you have questions about the Continuing Education program, please contact the Education Department.
Revised April, 2006