Principles of Scientific Writing

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Preface

This website presents my perspective on writing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), with a focus on writing about statistical data analysis. Most of its rules also apply to informative prose in general. I intend to give it to academic mentees as a style guide reference, and also use it as a notebook for myself.

The Introduction describes the book’s scope and readers, and how to use its chapters. The Summary lists the book’s main rules as a checklist for revising a draft.

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# Preface {.unnumbered}

This website presents my perspective on writing in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM),
with a focus on writing about statistical data analysis.
Most of its rules also apply to informative prose in general.
I intend to give it to academic mentees as a style guide reference,
and also use it as a notebook for myself.

The [Introduction](chapters/intro.qmd) describes the book's scope and readers,
and how to use its chapters.
The [Summary](chapters/summary.qmd) lists the book's main rules
as a checklist for revising a draft.