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Hello again. I hope 2012 has started well for you. In response to the most recent Resource of the Week, a reader commented, “It is very easy to use statistical …

The abstract usually is the first major section of a paper to be read, but it should usually be the last to be revised.

Greetings again. The New Year is approaching, and so this post will be my last of 2011. The past year has been a good year for AuthorAID. Our community has …

Hello again. As you may recall, the most recent Resource of the Week was an openly accessible textbook of statistics. In response to the post on this resource, 2 readers …

Writing book reviews for journals can be a service to your field. But before reviewing a book, ensure that you have thoroughly read its contents.

“Does anyone have a blog topic to suggest?” I asked one of my classes last week, after a student mentioned the AuthorAID blog. “Write about doing e-mail,” a student quickly answered. …

Greetings again. I hope you’re doing well. This week, an AuthorAID member requested a blog post on e-mail etiquette (polite behavior regarding e-mail). She especially wanted to know about following …

One strategy for writing concisely is to use verbs, not nouns made from them. For instance, instead of writing “Our paper provides an explanation of the problem," just write “Our …

Hello again. I hope you’ve been having a good week. At workshops and elsewhere, members of the AuthorAID community often say they want more information about study design and statistics. …

Greetings again. I hope you’re doing well. I just returned from Bangladesh, where I was giving a workshop on medical writing and publication. The workshop was organized by the Bangladesh …