Classy Stats: How To Communicate Quantitative Information Effectively - Softcover

Keefer Ph.D., Joseph D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1544126743 ISBN 13: 9781544126746

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Every day millions of students and professionals face the important task of communicating quantitative information. The book "Classy Stats" is designed to help people accomplish that task more effectively. "Classy Stats" is essentially three books in one. It is a book that will help journalists and other writers who want to become better at understanding and communicating statistics. It is a book that will help researchers, analysts and statisticians who want to become better at writing about the results of their analyses. And it is a book that will help anyone who wants to become better at producing basic statistical graphics. Students and professionals who master the principles presented in "Classy Stats" will find themselves more confident when they are “home alone” working on a major statistics-based project. In that type of project, a person is expected to produce, with little or no help, an article, report or presentation that demonstrates professional-level skill in the “Big Three”—numbers, words and graphics. "Classy Stats" shows people in various fields how to avoid missteps in communicating quantitative information, and the book shows people the “best practices” for communicating quantitative information effectively.

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About the Author

Joseph D. Keefer is director of the Center for Excellence in English Usage, based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is also an independent consultant specializing in communicating quantitative information. Keefer’s varied career has included service as: An associate professor of communications at Penn State University An associate professor of social sciences at Zayed University in Dubai and Abu Dhabi A senior-level staff assistant to Congressman Walter Flowers in the U. S. House of Representatives Chief lobbyist for the Council on Alternate Fuels, a Washington, D. C.-based trade association A policy analyst for the Iowa Utilities Board A copy editor for The Columbus Dispatch A copy editor for The Des Moines Register A reporter and editor for United Press International A reporter and editor for McGraw-Hill Publications Keefer has written five books aimed at helping students and professionals communicate better in words and numbers. Keefer holds a Ph.D. in mass communication research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.A. in international communication from The Ohio State University and a B.A. in journalism from Ohio State.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1544126743
• ISBN 13: 9781544126746
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80