Tables and figures help clarify your results and provide additional detail. Use them to elucidate particularly important findings. All tables and figures are cited in the text portion of your results.
Tables and figures
Tables
Tables convey results that are not easily summarized in the text, but do not indicate trends (those are better displayed in a figure). Tables list numbers or text in columns and rows. Columns and rows each have labels. In the table, the column headers have a top border and bottom border. A bottom border is…
Figures
Figures serve as visual representation of the results. Figures include pictures, graphs, maps, diagrams, etc. Trends and relationships are often well represented graphically. Special note on figures: If you include figures or tables from outside sources, cite the source appropriately in the table or figure legend [e.g., “Figure adapted from Levin and Miller (2005)”…
In text citation
Numbering of tables and figures follows the order in which they appear in the text. Tables (Table 1, Table 2…) are numbered separately from figures (Figure 1, Figure 2…). Tables and figures are referred to within parentheses rather than stating “Table one shows that…” Laying order was a highly significant predictor of hatching order (partial correlation coefficient…
Captions and legends
Tables and figures are accompanied by a caption or legend. A legend allows the table/figure to stand alone without the need for the reader to refer back to the text. The legend should include: Title: The first part of the legend acts as the title, indicating the relationship depicted in the graph. Clearly and succinctly…
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