Tables

Section 4.2.2

Tables

Tables present data in a highly condensed form. Tables present data more exactly than a graph, but they do not readily display the trends within your data. (They should rarely be used in an oral presentation--rely on figures instead.)

Every table is identified in a written report by a number and a title, placed above thetable. In contrast, the number and title of a figure in a report are usually given below the figure.

The parts of a table include

Title and number (above the table).

Boxhead, the horizontal region across the top of a table containing column headings with units of measurement clearly identified.

Stub, the vertical column to the far left of a table in which you list the various line headings that identify the horizontal rows of data in the body of the table.

Body, all the data, presented in columns below the boxhead, describing items in the stub. If you want the reader to see a comparison between any items in a table, then place those items close to one another.

If any table or figure is taken from another source, proper credit mustbe given in a source note below the table or figure.

Table 2. The volume of solution in ml delivered from a random sample of 1.00 ml capacitytuberculin syringes with Luer slip tips and 9.5 mm 27 gauge needles with intradermalbevels.

OBS GRADUATION
0.05 ml 0.10 ml 0.15 ml 0.20 ml 0.25 ml 1.00 ml
1 0.0466 0.0895 0.1405 0.1949 0.2429 1.0012
2 0.0474 0.0998 0.1505 0.2033 0.2514 0.9994
3 0.0487 0.0972 0.1473 0.1978 0.2451 1.0052
4 0.0505 0.0935 0.1472 0.1978 0.2502 1.0016
5 0.0442 0.0935 0.1443 0.1982 0.2450 1.0031

OBS	GRADUATION
	0.05 ml	0.10 ml	0.15 ml	0.20 ml	0.25 ml	1.00 ml
1	0.0466	0.0895	0.1405	0.1949	0.2429	1.0012
2	0.0474	0.0998	0.1505	0.2033	0.2514	0.9994
3	0.0487	0.0972	0.1473	0.1978	0.2451	1.0052
4	0.0505	0.0935	0.1472	0.1978	0.2502	1.0016
5	0.0442	0.0935	0.1443	0.1982	0.2450	1.0031

--Seth Frisbie, The Determination of Total Dissolved Inorganic Carbon in PureSystems

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