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> The author also switches between the use of italics, boldface, quotes, and
> the LaTeX verbatim environment constantly, which tends to be distracting
> at times. (R2)
> - The author uses "colvars" in italics when first naming the terminology, and
> then subsequently mentions the Pew dataset contains one colvar, without
> italics. (R2)
> - The author does not use formatting on the column names in the caption for
> Table 9 but does use \verbatim to reference column names in Table 10's
> caption. (R2)
> On page 13, middle of the page, it would be helpful to use quotes around
> "by" where applicable, as "modified by the by preposition" does not read well.
> (R2)
Thanks for pointing this out. Throughout the next I now use bold face
consistently for the first definition of a new term, and verbatim for
variable names.

> The author overuses colons. In some cases, I found hyphens to be more
> appropriate, and in others, I would think semicolons might be more suitable.
> Some tables also have unreadable characters in them, such as the degree sign
> in Table 12's top panel (row 6's artist). Same issue with Table 3's 5th
> religion. Table 12's caption also describes there being a left and right
> dataset, whereas the subtables are clearly placed above and below.
> (R2)
> The last sentence in the first paragraph of the discussion needs to be
> rephrased for clarity.
> (R2)
> - Abstract: "variables are stored in columns, observations in rows, and a
> single type of..." -- this list isn't logically homogeneous.
> - p.5, 3.1 -- "The Pew Center is an American ... that collects data on
> attitudes to topics RANGING from religion to the internet"
> - "Billboard" should always be capitalized as it is a proper noun.
> - p.13, section 4.2 - "Tidy visualization tools ONLY NEED to be..."
> - p.16, 4-th line from bottom: "Next, we work out THE overall..."
> - p.16, 2nd line from the bottom: "Then finally, WE join.."
> - p. 17, "To ensure that the diseaseS we work with..."
> - p.19, "The causes of death fall INTO three main groups: ... " There should
> be a hyphen between "transportation" and "related".
> - p. 19, 2nd paragraph of discussion: "This makes it easy"; remove "is".
> - p. 21, last sentence of first paragraph: "and A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF how
> we can best design tools..."
> - p. 21, last paragraph before Acknowledgements "verifying experimental
> design, AND filling in..."
> - Author information, last page "Adjunct ASSISTANT Professor"

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> Section 4.3: I think readers of this paper might find examples from stata
> more relevant than those from spss. (R3)
> The last sentence in the first paragraph of the discussion needs to be
> rephrased for clarity.
> (R2)
> Some tables also have unreadable characters in them, such as the degree sign
> in Table 12's top panel (row 6's artist). Same issue with Table 3's 5th
> religion. Table 12's caption also describes there being a left and right
> dataset, whereas the subtables are clearly placed above and below.
> (R2)
> - Abstract: "variables are stored in columns, observations in rows, and a
> single type of..." -- this list isn't logically homogeneous.
> - p.5, 3.1 -- "The Pew Center is an American ... that collects data on
> attitudes to topics RANGING from religion to the internet"
> - "Billboard" should always be capitalized as it is a proper noun.
> - p.13, section 4.2 - "Tidy visualization tools ONLY NEED to be..."
> - p.16, 4-th line from bottom: "Next, we work out THE overall..."
> - p.16, 2nd line from the bottom: "Then finally, WE join.."
> - p.19, "The causes of death fall INTO three main groups: ... " There should
> be a hyphen between "transportation" and "related".
> - p. 19, 2nd paragraph of discussion: "This makes it easy"; remove "is".
> - p. 21, last sentence of first paragraph: "and A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF how
> we can best design tools..."

> - p. 21, last paragraph before Acknowledgements "verifying experimental
> design, AND filling in..."

> - Author information, last page "Adjunct ASSISTANT Professor"
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