Previous Projects

I have done editing on academic economic papers, economic consulting and data science projects.

Corrections to Bekes-Kezdi Data Analysis Textbook by Cambridge University Press (2019-2020)

I participated in developing the text of an 800-page textbook published by Cambridge University Press in February 2021. This meant reading the full manuscript twice. First, in collaboration with the authors, I made some bolder edits on the draft text. Second, I did some copyediting on the revised text.

Below, I offer details of tasks and examples.

Content development: clarify text and improve structure

  1. Find paragraphs and sentences that are correct in terms of language but are difficult to understand. Ask authors to clarify.
  2. Find paragraphs and sentences that are correct in terms of language but need examples. Ask authors to give examples.
  3. Find when authors introduce a new concept without definition or define another concept instead. Ask authors whether the concepts are known to the readers.
  4. Find unclear technical terms: authors use various expressions for one concept and it is not clear what they mean.
  5. Find repetitive content, paragraphs that may be scattered in a section, but are very close in content. Suggest cuts and edits.
  6. Find paragraphs that are badly structured. Suggest edits, rearrange sentences to make the substance clearer.

Check out some EXAMPLES on content development and EXAMPLES on structure edits.

Checking numbers and format

  1. Look through text and figures to find possible inconsistencies (text and figures, text and tables).
  2. Find references to tables, graphs, earlier sections that do not exist in the text.
  3. Find missing labels in figures (x, y axes), missing source, notes, name of case study.
  4. Find inconsistency in format of text.
  5. Find inconsistency in style (for example using “one argues” instead of “we argue”).
  6. Look through practice questions and answers to find possible inconsistencies.

Check out some EXAMPLES on precision or EXAMPLES on checking numbers.

Comparing documents

  1. Check if the same graphs are used in a presentation that is based on a paper.
  2. Check if answers to practice questions are not missing, and if they answer the question in a clear way.

Check out some EXAMPLES on comparing docs