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HowtoPrepareTables&FiguresSignificanceofTable&FigureAgoodtableorfigureisworth1000words.Goodfiguresandtablesinapaperlooklikesomethingforshopwindow.Asweknowthatacademicwritingoftenusestablesandfigurestopresentinformationorresearchresultstogetherwithaverbalaccount,whicharealsonamedasillustrationorillustrativematerial.OutlineⅠ.DefinitionandfunctionofatableandafigureⅡ.FormatofatableorafigureⅢ.PrinciplesforpreparingtablesandfiguresWhatisa“Table”?Atablecontainsdatagivenintabular

formoritisasetoffactsorfiguressystematicallydisplayedinrowsorcolumns.Whatisa“Figure”?Figure,alsocalledgraphicrepresentation,isthegeneralnameofanyothertypeofillustrativematerialssuchasagraph,achart,adiagramoraphotograph,amapandcomputerprintouts,etc..Howmanytypesoffigures?1.Linegraph(曲线图)2.Bargraph(条状图/直方图)3.Piediagram/piechart(饼状图)4.Treediagram(树状图)SampleofaLineGraphSampleofaBarGraphStage1:EstablishingacontextStage2:ReviewingpreviousresearchStage3:StatingtheproblemsStage4:StatingthepurposeofthestudyStage5:JustifyingthesignificanceofyourstudyFig.AFrameworkofanIntroductioninthethesis

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tables&figures?Tables&figurescanpresentinformationmoreclearlybyrevealingcomplexrelationshipinasimpleway.Tables&figurescanenablereadersunderstandpatternsmoreeffectivelyandeconomicallythanaverbalaccountalone.Formatofatable/figureA.label(ornumber)(序号)B.caption(ortitle)(标题)C.body(图表主体)D.source(材料来源)E.footnote(附注/说明)PrinciplesforpreparingtablesandfiguresA.ContentB.LocationC.NumberingD.CaptionE.SourceF.FootnoteG.Cross-reference(参见)andcomments(说明文字)A.ContentTheinformationinatableorfigureshouldbeself-sufficientandbeunderstoodindependently.B.LocationPlacetablesorfiguresascloseaspossibletothediscussionofthefactordata.

Largetablesorfigurescanbeplacedonaseparatepageorpart(e.g.intheappendix).C.NumberingTablesorfiguresshouldbenumberedwithArabicnumerals(seldomRomanones).Tablesorfiguresmaybenumberedconsecutivelythroughthepaper.Sometimestheymaybedouble-nu