![]() ![]() Ask yourself this question first: Is the table or figure necessary? For example, it is better to present simple descriptive statistics in the text, not in a table. ![]() Visual material such as tables and figures can be used quickly and efficiently to present a large amount of information to an audience, but visuals must be used to assist communication, not to use up space, or disguise marginally significant results behind a screen of complicated statistics. Tables are any graphic that uses a row and column structure to organize information, whereas figures include any illustration or image other than a table. The purpose of tables and figures in documents is to enhance your readers' understanding of the information in the document usually, large amounts of information can be communicated more efficiently in tables or figures. The equivalent resources for the older APA 6 style can be found at this page as well as at this page (our old resources covered the material on this page on two separate pages). Note: This page reflects the latest version of the APA Publication Manual (i.e., APA 7), which released in October 2019.
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