Resources on how to write about statistics

Websites, books & tools

Resources on how to write about statistics — Cool tools With all the math tools available online, a math-challenged writer need hardly pick up a calculator to crunch complex number problems. Image by blackred

Training

Rev Up Readability workshop

Rev Up Readability workshop

Learn to Take the Numb Out of Numbers and more in Ann Wylie’s clear-writing workshop.

Calculators
	Compound Interest Calculator It’ll cost how much to pay my sunglasses off over 20 years?

	Cost of living calculator What is Your Dollar Worth Today? A cool way to compare the price of a candy bar or movie ticket between decades.

	Cost of Living Calculator Find out how much your Clay Center, Kansas, salary will buy you in California.

	The Inflation Calculator “The fact that 10 is a bigger number than 9 doesn’t make 10 rupees worth more than $9; nor does it make $10 from 2004 worth more than $9 from 1981.” — David Leonhardt, The New York Times economics correspondent

	Percentage Change Calculator When I ask workshop attendees to figure percentage change, they act like it’s the hardest thing they’ve ever done. I think knowing how to figure percentage change is an important life skill. But why bother when there’s an app for that?

Converters
	Welcome to OnlineConversion.com Convert just about anything to anything else. Thousands of units, and millions of conversions.

	Universal Currency Converter The World’s Trusted Currency Authority: For when you need to translate dinars to dollars or vice versa.

Tipsheets
	Statistics Every Writer Should Know Don’t know a median from a mean? Get up to speed fast with Robert Niles’ simple guide to understanding basic statistics.

	How Many Is a Trillion? We hear about trillions all the time now, but the number is beyond human comprehension.

How can you help readers get the numbers?

If your readers are like most, they have, on average, below-basic numerical literacy, according to a massive international literacy study.

In this environment, how well are they understanding your statistics?

Learn to make numbers interesting and understandable at Rev Up Readability, our tight-writing workshop on Dec. 6.

There, you’ll learn to avoid statistics soup and data dumps; how to make numbers more emotional; how to create meaningful — not discombobulating — charts and which key question to ask every time your fingers reach for the top row of the keyboard.

Save up to $100 with our group discounts.