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Choosing Between Figures, Tables, and Text for Data Display

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What is the primary purpose of using tables for data display?

Comprehension of the story through 'shape'

Showing an overall trend or 'picture'

Allowing simple comparisons between only a few elements

Recording raw or processed data (correct)

When designing figures, what is the importance of determining design elements beforehand?

To avoid emphasizing differences between elements

To focus on showing actual numbers over trends

To ensure the figures meet your specific needs (correct)

To rely on default settings in graphics packages

Which form of data display is most suitable for emphasizing differences or similarities between elements?

Tables

Calculations

Figures (correct)

Text

What should authors do to ensure that computer graphics packages reflect their intended purpose?

Direct the software towards their purpose (C) Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to design each figure around the point you want to convey most strongly?

To ensure clarity and effectiveness in communication (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a common weakness that reduces the power of figures to communicate the story?

Data already shown in the text or tables are not repeated in the figure (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a figure design issue that can be improved with small changes?

Unnecessarily cluttering the figure (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason the text suggests that axes should be labeled descriptively rather than with scientific jargon?

To improve the communication of the main message (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a common figure design issue that can improve the communication of the main message?

All of the above (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason the text suggests that including numbers in a figure is problematic when the exact values are not important?

It distracts from the main message (C) Signup and view all the answers