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It is AcWriMo 2018!

18th October 20181st November 2018 Janet Salmons

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Academic Writing Month is a focus for SAGE MethodSpace in November. The theme for AcWriMo 2018 is: Create a Holistic Publication Strategy. Writing alone is not adequate in today’s visually-oriented and media-saturated world. During AcWriMo we will explore the various ways academics communicate to share ideas and disseminate their research. We will take a holistic […]

Categories: ACWRIMO, Focus Series, Impact, Presenting, Research, Students, Teaching, Tools and Resources, Writing

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Bootstrap Method Wins Efron International Prize in Statistics

12th November 201812th November 2018 Admin Methodspace

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The International Prize in Statistics has been awarded to Bradley Efron, professor of statistics and biomedical data science at Stanford University, in recognition of the “bootstrap,” a method he developed in 1977 for assessing the uncertainty of scientific results that has had extraordinary impact across many scientific fields. With the bootstrap (described by Efron below), […]

Categories: Opportunities, Quantitative

Tags: Bootstrap, Bradley Efron, International Prize in Statistics, Statistics

Writing and Podcasting

12th November 20189th November 2018 Janet Salmons

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It is Academic Writing Month at SAGE MethodSpace, and for 2018 we are looking at ways researchers develop a holistic publication strategy. In a media-oriented world, this means looking at options beyond writing. Scholars can choose different strategies depending on whether they are trying to disseminate research findings, share new ideas to benefit academics or practitioners, or build […]

Categories: ACWRIMO, Focus Series, Podcast, Uncategorised, Writing

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AcWriMo Week 2 Giveaway

11th November 20189th November 2018 Janet Salmons

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Join SAGE MethodSpace for Academic Writing Month and you’ll be eligible for free books! When you sign up on www.methodspace.com and contribute a comment to an AcWriMo post, you will be entered into a random drawing. Weekly prizes will include SAGE books about academic writing. Everyone who participates in AcWriMo on MethodSpace from November 1-30 will be eligible for […]

Categories: ACWRIMO, Uncategorised, Writing

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From Dissertation to Book: An Author Interview

9th November 20189th November 2018 Janet Salmons

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It is Academic Writing Month at SAGE MethodSpace, and for 2018 we are looking at ways researchers develop a holistic publication strategy. This means looking at all of the options, and choosing the type that fits with our content, will allow us to reach our target audience, and create real impact. Scholarly books and articles are […]

Categories: ACWRIMO, Books, Careers, Getting published, Impact, Independent publishing, Professional Books, Uncategorised, Writing

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Honesty and Originality in Academic Writing

8th November 20188th November 2018 Janet Salmons

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It is Academic Writing Month at SAGE MethodSpace, and this year we are focusing on writing goes beyond completion of a particular piece of work, and may go beyond writing. We are thinking holistically and strategically about what types of writing (as well as visuals and media) will help us achieve life and career goals. […]

Categories: ACWRIMO, Creativity, Dissemination, Ethics, Focus Series, Impact, Research, Teaching, Writing

Tags: Critical Thinking, Janet Salmons

How Do I Arrange the Sections of the Whole Report?

7th November 20187th November 2018 Stephanie Evergreen

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Stephanie Evergreen will be the guest of a Twitter chat ‘ask me anything [about data viz]’ on Wednesday, November 14th at 1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. PST. Submit a question using the hashtag #sageXevergreen . It’s time to zoom out of the layout of a single page or poster or slide and starting thinking about how we […]

Categories: MentorSpace, Tools and Resources, Visuals

Tags: Data Visualization, Design, Reports, Stephanie Evergreen, Teaching

Six Things We’ve Learned About Academic Writing Productivity (and Satisfaction)

7th November 2018 Chris Smith

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For the ambitious academic, focus fixed on producing world-changing research, feeling happy about your writing process might only be a secondary concern, at best. But the interim findings of our survey questioning the writing “habits” of academics – now with 510 responses from over 40 countries – indicate that writing satisfaction is strongly linked to […]

Categories: ACWRIMO, Writing

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