Transcript Creating Tables: Classic Mistakes

Creating Tables: Classic Mistakes
The following slides each contain a table
These tables contain a variety of errors: How
many can you spot?
Remember that the principles of constructing
tables are the same whether you are using them
in a presentation or in a written report…but in
a presentation you also need to think about
colours, where appropriate
Creating Tables
To start you off, the table on the following slide
has numerous errors – see how many you can
identify…….
Then check your ideas with the answers provided
on slide 4 …..
Now work through the remaining slides to see how
many more errors in the tables presented you can
find
Example: How many errors?
Species
Feeding
Moving
Climbing
Jumping
Sleeping
1
56
38
14
39
17
2
57
47*
62
48
18
3
87
37
75**
37
23***
4
83
27
26
94
21
5
25
23
75
26
26
6
64
85
30
85
20
What Were the Errors?
• No title
• Non-standard format of text (some centred)
• No footnote to explain the symbols */**/***
• Text is too small
• No explanation of the coloured rows
• vertical lines below column titles should be deleted
Now try and spot the errors on the following tables
& remember that tables presented in seminars may
use colours to highlight certain data.
Growth Rates of Plants over Four Years
Year
1
2
3
4
Growth Rate
32.6
37.8
78.9
100.4
Temperature
10
10
10
10
Growth Rates of Plants (mm/month) over
Four Years (1999-2002)
Plant
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Year 1
90.0765*
56.984
35.895
85.308
Year 2
45.76
65.777
48.921
68.095
Year 3
87.984
29.957
20.864
94.926
Year 4
12.157
19.972
17.943
15.001
Sea Urchin Covering Behaviour
Size (mm)
45.67
46.87
36.87
22.87
50.45
45.87
37.97
Cov e r ?
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Item?
SHELL
SHELL
LEAF
STONE
SHELL
-
Time to 1st
Contact
(mins)
2.45
45.7
1.54
4.37
11.98
10.06
6.8
% Cover
80
75
55
0
40
30
0
Covering Behaviour of P. lividus in
Ireland
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Mean Size (mm) Proportion
Covering
44.5
45
34.87
45
45.55
42
37.8
40
44.90
50
45.44
55
48.78
65
50.05
65
51.15
45
47.62
40
46.22
40
41.37
35
% Sunshine
Mean % Cover
5
12
26
17
87
86
73
65
55
32
28
27
10
15
15
25
30
35
35
60
35
45
45
30
Recorded Sightings of Dolphins off the West
Coast of Ireland in 2002
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Number of
Observations
132
7
64
23
16
21
Garden Bird Survey: Results for Cork 2002
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Mean
Number
of Bird
Visits
44.5
34.87
45.55
37.8
44.90
45.44
48.78
50.05
51.15
47.62
46.22
41.37
No. of
Spp.
Visit
(secs)
10
7
6
7
8
10
10
11
12
15
14
15
10
15
15
25
30
35
35
60
35
45
45
30
Mass of
Food
Consumed
(grams)
5
12
26
17
87
86
73
65
55
32
28
27
Temp
( C)
Cloud
Cover
Rain
(mm)
Wind
12.01
11.03
10.98
13.45
17.66
19.0
22.86
17.65
14.52
6.55
5.78
3.49
8
8
5
5
7
6
3
5
5
7
7
8
21.34
22.34
45.65
32.22
11.09
8.80
13.56
16.76
65.4
78.11
97.36
117.37
35.67
37.76
22.15
27.85
11.36
17.36
11.26
18.57
15.43
34.73
53.97
52.95
Further Information
• For more information on constructing tables
see:http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/hosted/GSP/data.html