English for Academic & Professional TABLES.

A table is useful in
Purposes displaying numbers in columns. It
Qtr 2 Wk 5 condenses and classifies information to
make comparisons between and among
Objectives data and helps the readers grasp
relationships that might ve invisible in
 Summarizes findings and prose.
executes the report through
narrative and GRAPHS. A graph is a graphical
 Writes various reports representation of data using bars for
bar graphs, lines for line graphs, circles
Recall for pie graphs and pictures for
Research Report Format pictograph.

1. Title / Cover Page

2. Abstract Activity1. Summarize findings and
3. Introduction write a narrative following the research
4. Literature review report format.
 Related concepts
 Related studies
5. Survey method
6. Survey Results Acitvity 2. Prepare your visuals.
7. Conclusion
8. References

Preparing and Interpreting Tables, Graphs

and Figures

Visuals can be classified into six groups: graphs,

tables, diagrams, charts, images and maps.

General Steps in Interpreting Visuals

1. Read the title and the subtitle.
2. Read the Captions, keys and labels.
3. Determine the purpose of the materials.
4. Analyze the relationship of details.
5. Make conclusion about the data.

General Guidelines for Adding Visuals to

your Text

1. Determine the purpose of visual.

2. Evaluate the accuracy and validity of the
data.
3. Visual should be accompanied by clear
reference within your text ( i.e. as hown
in Figure4, the… )
4. Visuals should be placed on the same
page as text reference. Complex visuals
should be placed on the page opposite
the text reference.
5. Preferably, position the visual vertically.
6. Make your visual self-explanatory and
simple as possible by adding data
labels.

CHART is a graphical representation of

data using symbols that are usually
boxes, lines, and arrows. Its general
purpose is to show ranks, levels,
procedures, and classification.