File: scan PDF with OCRThis edition of the best-selling ASA Style Guide has updated guidelines for preparing manuscripts for electronic submission, guidelines for electronic sources (with expanded examples),and an index. This edition also contains conventions internal to the ASA, and a checklist for submission of manuscripts to ASA journals. The ASA Style Guide aims to establish uniformity and consistency in style among ASA publications, to provide an authoritative reference source on style issues for authors who are writing for ASA journals, and to summarize basic issues on effective writing for authors in general.