• Advice on writing clear and concise sentences (University of Wisconsin)
  Long respected advice on style pertains to statistical writing. This online resource from The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison summarizes some of the most important principles. Prefer the active voice. Use verbs and avoid strings of nouns. Exploration of these pages will reinforce good habits and help identify bad ones.

• Writing with inferential statistics
  This resource advocates a succinct style that values natural language and avoids statistical jargon. It is one several useful sections in the Purdue Online Writing Laboratory's resources for Writing with Statistics

• Tutorial on the use of significant figures - how many should you report?
  (authored by Prof. Stephen L Morgan, University of South Carolina)

• The difference between "multivariable" and "multivariate" statistical models
  Hidalgo B, Goodman M. Multivariate or multivariable regression? Am J Public Health. 2013;103(1):39-40. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300897

• ASA Statement on Statistical Significance and P-Values
  Ronald L. Wasserstein & Nicole A. Lazar (2016) The ASA Statement on p-Values: Context, Process, and Purpose, The American Statistician, 70:2, 129-133, DOI:10.1080/00031305.2016.1154108 https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2016.1154108

• Odds or probability
  "The reasons a medical article might choose one method of reporting over the other are complex, but the message here is that sorting that out starts by being clear about the difference between probability and odds. As for your own writing, when in doubt, use probability rather than odds. Both concepts are often difficult for readers to grasp, but odds are usually harder." (Ron Wasserstein, Dec. 14, 2014)

• Citing the use of R or SAS in a manuscript

• Interpreting regression coefficients from models that employ log transformations of the outcome

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