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Properly designed tables and graphs are powerful tools for getting across key messages and breaking the monotony of uninterrupted text. Poorly designed tables and graphs can, however, irritate and confuse the reader. There are some important golden rules:
That’s the thing about pictures: they seduce you.
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Joubert, P.H., Rogers, S.M. (2015). Tables and Graphs. In: Strategic Scientific and Medical Writing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48316-9_8
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