nicol- adelheid a. m.

　　Gone are the days when researchers and students were forced to search through journals for the best way to construct a table of results. Updated to reflect current reporting standards and technological developments affecting graphics displays, Presenting Your Findings: A Practical Guide for Creating Tables: Sixth Edition, provides invaluable guidance, in an engaging and accessible format, on the proper table format for a wide range of statistical analyses. The authors have included statistics commonly used in analyses to make the book as useful as possible for researchers and students and have organized the chapters according to the complexity of the statistic. Each chapter is devoted to a different statistic and provides a variety of examples of how data can best be displayed. Included for each statistic is a "Play it Safe" table that illustrates the most comprehensive formatting options. This definitive resource will help streamline the process of building tables and position readers to display results clearly and authoritatively.

　　Displaying Your Findings offers readers essential guidance on creating figures that effectively present their findings. Figure examples have been updated to reflect reporting standards and graphics presentation outlined in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Associations. Chapters cover figures commonly used in psychology and other behavioral science journals, such as bar graphs, line graphs, plots, charts, and photographs. Quick-reference checklists for general and specific types of figures summarize important points to help readers save time in deciding on the best way to present figures. The book also includes chapters on how to present conference posters and presentations. This definitive resource for creating figures and presentations will help ensure that ever visual display of data is accurate and effective.