| Term | Definition |
| Incorporating Graphics in Report | 1. Evaluate the audience
2. Use restraint
3. Be accurate and ethical |
| Incorporating Graphics in Report (Evaluate the audience) | Reader
Content
schedule
budget |
| Incorporating Graphic in Report (Use Restraint) | Do not overuse color or decoration
Red=deficits or negative
Blue=calmness and authority
Yellow= warning |
| Incorporating Graphics in Report | Refer to every graphics in text
Place the graphic close to the point where is mentioned
Help reader understand the significance of the graphic |
| Guidelines for Appropriate Use of Graphics | Contributes to overall meaning
Simple and effective design
Appropriate caption or title style |
| Contributes to overall meaning | Reinforces and supplements written or spoken words
Communicates ideas that cannot be conveyed effectively in written form |
| Choosing the Appropriate Graphics | Tables
Bar Chart
Line Chart
Pie Chart
Gantt Chart
Map
Flow Chart |
| Table | Show exact figures |
| Bar Chart | Compare one quantity with another |
| Line Chart | Illustrate changes in quantities over time |
| Pie Chart | Show how the parts of a whole are distributed |
| Gantt Chart | Track progress toward completing a project |
| Map | Sow geographic relationships |
| Flow Chart | Illustrate a process or procedure |
| Distinction Between | Quantitative and Qualitative Data |
| Quantitative Data | Meanings derived from numbers
Numerical and standardized data
Diagrams and statistics |
| Qualitative Data | Meaning expressed through words
Non-Standardized data-classification into categories
conceptualization |
| All Qualitative Data can be coded quantitatively how? | Please add any additional comments questions |
| Please add any additional comments | Responses are tested-based (qualitative)
Sort the responses into categories
Give each category a label that represents the theme
Categorizing can be viewed as a quantitative |
| Data Analysis Process | Evaluate the information for its usefulness
Organized data based on research questions
Combine information into tables, charts |
| Organized data based on research questions | Look for common theme |
| Incorporate Graphics in Text | Introduce
Show the graphic
Interpret and analyze |
| Introduce | Use talking title that interprets the data |
| Show the graphic | place as closely as possible to the introduction |
| Example of Introduce | About two thirds of the consumers preferred to shop in suburban areas rather than in the city, as shown in Figure 1 |
| Interpret and Analyze | Emphasize the main point
Summarize statement about the data
Compare information in the figure to information obtained from other sources |
| Interpreting the Data | Finding
Conclusion
Recommendation |
| Finding | A specific, measurable facts from a research study |
| Conclusion | Summation of major facts and evidence derived from finding
Answer to research questions
Omit percentages |
| Recommendation | A suggested action based on your research |
