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1、会计学,1,中南大学学术英语,1,2,3,4,Figure,table,or text?,Designing figures,Designing tables,Figure legends and table titles,Outline,第1页/共28页,The purpose of this chapter To optimize the presentation of your data The data presentationpurpose to illustrate.,present.,and record.guideline stand alonereference the In
2、structions to Contributors articles in recent issues of the journal,第2页/共28页,1、Figure,table,or text?,depending on the point or meaning you want the reader to receive from those data.,第3页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Purpose,Designing each figure around the point you want to get across most strongly.,第4页
3、/共28页,2、Designing figures,Consideration,highlighting variables;emphasizing differences or similarities;considering scale,scale intervals,maximum and minimum values,and statistical representations;,第5页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Consideration,being consistent with styles of figures;shrinking your figur
4、es to the standard size.,第6页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Kinds and characteristics,Pie charts,第7页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Kinds and characteristics,Column and bar charts,第8页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Kinds and characteristics,Line charts,第9页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Kinds and characteristics,Radar char
5、ts,第10页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Attract attention,Figures are most appealing to the eye when theyhave 3:2 proportions;are boxed when there is relatively little ink in the figure;are unboxed if there are numerous lines,bars or columns.,第11页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Weaknesses,The wrong figure type h
6、as been chosen/Relationships between elements are not obvious;Weak descriptive titles are used;Data are repeated in the figure;,第12页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Weaknesses,The main results dont be emphasized;The figure is unnecessarily cluttered with lines.;Axes are not labelled descriptively or are la
7、belled with the jargon;,第13页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Weaknesses,Unnecessary numbers are included;Data categories are not sorted or the design of related figures is not consistent.,第14页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Rules,highlight the most important information;be essential to telling and supporting the
8、 story with evidence;be clear and consistent in style and do not duplicate data already presented.,第15页/共28页,2、Designing figures,Examining,obviousness,prominence?comparisons?the necessary details of datasets?the weaknesses above?,第16页/共28页,2、Designing figures,第17页/共28页,3、Designing tables,Purpose,Tab
9、les are often used to record data and meta-data of a study and may contain a number of rows or columns which require careful reading by the user before the meaning can be appreciated.,第18页/共28页,3、Designing tables,Weaknesses,weak descriptive titles;inclusion of unnecessary or redundant data;inclusion
10、 of non-significant or over-precise numbers;,第19页/共28页,3、Designing tables,Weaknesses,omission of necessary data;table not arranged to highlight the most significant results;data not sorted to show important relationships between elements.,第20页/共28页,3、Designing tables,Evaluating,necessary,prominent?d
11、escriptive,story-telling?significant,round?the weaknesses above?,第21页/共28页,第22页/共28页,4、Figure legends and table titles,Purpose,Figure legends and table titles should explain what the data being presented are and highlight the key points of the part of the results story presented there.,第23页/共28页,4、F
12、igure legends and table titles,Parts,A title;Details of results or models;Additional explanation of the components or essential details;,第24页/共28页,4、Figure legends and table titles,Parts,Description of the units or statistical notation;Explanation of any other symbols or notation.,第25页/共28页,4、Figure legends and table titles,Identifying,第26页/共28页,Thank You!,第27页/共28页,
