Meaningful "pictures are worth a 1,000 words"

Tables & figures

Everything that is not a table is a figure

Can carry more information per space than the same amount of text

Only if clearly explained in the text

Types of graphics:

Data displayed in table form

Graphs: line, bar, pie, etc

Drawings

Diagrams

Photographs

Graphic placement and labelling

As near as possible to the text referring to it

Always label Figures with simple explanation of its contents

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