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  • 1.  Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers at JSM

    Posted 05-09-2019 07:26

    Post Docs and junior faculty have found this workshop extremely helpful.  Senior mentors will review your work and provide feedback at the JSM with followup for writing papers and grants.   

    https://www.niss.org/events/2019-niss-writing-workshop-junior-researchers-jsm



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    James Rosenberger
    Professor Emeritus of Statistics
    Pennsylvania State University
    and Director, NISS
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  • 2.  RE: Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers at JSM

    Posted 05-10-2019 12:57
    Of relevance (Amstat News, Sept 2001):
    https://stattrak.amstat.org/files/2010/10/OBrienRG01Discover-the-Science-of-Technical-Writing.pdf

    Updated key reference (book now in 12th edition by Joseph M. Williams (1933-2008), but carried on since by Joseph Bizup):
    https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/style-joseph-m-williams/1100157884?ean=9780134080413&pcta=n&st=PLA&sid=BNB_ADL+Core+Good+New+Textbooks+-+Desktop+Low&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIs9iLq7SR4gIVlI2zCh25uAEmEAQYAyABEgI-yfD_BwE

    A seminal, timeless article (Gopen and Swan, 1990):
    https://psychology.yale.edu/sites/default/files/gopenswan_onsciencewriting.pdf




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    Ralph O'Brien
    Professor of Biostatistics (officially retired; still keenly active)
    Case Western Reserve University
    http://rfuncs.weebly.com/about-ralph-obrien.html
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