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16 septembre 2021
- handle: 10670/1.mc57ni
- isbn: 9781800640894
- eisbn: 9782821831360
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Gábor L. Lövei, « 17. How to Design Tables », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.mc57ni
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The first question is: Do you need a table? Tables are useful if repetitive data must be presented, and the precise values have importance. However, it is not good science to publish data just because you measured them. Printing a table is costly, and editors and reviewers scrutinise tables closely. Tables that have lots of standard conditions, lots of 0s, 100 % or +/- s, or word lists, are usually not necessary. Tables, just as figures, must also be self-explanatory: collectively, the title,...