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Many researchers consult a statistician too late. If possible, do so while still planning a study. The statistician can help ensure that the research design is valid. 

Greetings again. Today I have good news to share. As you may recall, AuthorAID provided a grant to attend a summer 2011 intensive course in research writing. Many people applied. …

Hello again. Recently a researcher suggested adding to the AuthorAID Resource Library a resource called the Springer Author Academy. I’ve now looked at this resource and added it. The …

Your article should be a complete story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. If you want to hook your reader, make a strong case for your article by …

Greetings again. And belated good wishes to those who celebrate the festival Diwali. Last week I received a confusing piece of e-mail. In my inbox, the sender was listed just as …

Hello again. As you may recall, last time the Resource of the Week consisted of 3 US-based organizations for people writing about science or related fields. Soon afterward, an AuthorAID …

If you are publishing an article in a journal that prints authors' phone numbers as part of their contact information, consider providing your mobile phone number. Doing so may make …

Hello! Greetings from the American city Baltimore, where I’m attending the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) annual meeting. I’ll be giving a talk here about INASP projects, including AuthorAID. …

[This week’s post is from communications specialist Peter Thorpe, who recently facilitated an AuthorAID workshop in Zimbabwe. Thank you, Peter! —Barbara] It’s now almost 3 months since we facilitated an …

Hello again! Greetings from Rwanda, where an AuthorAID workshop just ended. The workshop was on writing proposals. I was the facilitator, and Ravi Murugesan (the AuthorAID training coordinator) was the …