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Textual Presentation of Data

This document discusses techniques for presenting and interpreting data in tabular and graphical forms. It focuses on textual presentation of data, which involves presenting numbers, measurements, and other data points using words and sentences. Some key considerations for effective textual presentation include knowing the target audience, using unbiased language, maintaining accuracy, avoiding unnecessary details, not repeating the same points, shortening phrases, and avoiding general descriptive words. Textual presentation helps explain and analyze specific data points for readers.

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Textual Presentation of Data

This document discusses techniques for presenting and interpreting data in tabular and graphical forms. It focuses on textual presentation of data, which involves presenting numbers, measurements, and other data points using words and sentences. Some key considerations for effective textual presentation include knowing the target audience, using unbiased language, maintaining accuracy, avoiding unnecessary details, not repeating the same points, shortening phrases, and avoiding general descriptive words. Textual presentation helps explain and analyze specific data points for readers.

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Presenting and Interpreting

Data in Tabular and Graphical


Forms
Introduction

 To be able to create and present an organized picture of information from a


research report, it is important to use certain techniques to communicate
findings and interpretations of research studies into visual forms. The
common techniques being used to display data results are tabular, textual
and graphical methods. All these provide an initial analysis of data.
Textual Presentation of Data

 Textual presentation of data means presenting data in the form of words, sentences and
paragraphs.
 Textual presentations use words, statements or paragraph with numerals, numbers or
measurements to describe data. They can be used independently to describe the data when there
are very few quantities or numbers. They can also be used to compare data using paragraphs for
the discussion. Here are some examples:
There are 42, 36 barangays in the Philippines. The largest barangay in terms of population size is
Barangay 176 in Caloocan City with 247 thousand person. It is followed by Commonwealth in
Quezon City (198,285) and Batasan Hills in Quezon City (161, 409). Twelve other barangays
posted a population size of more than thousand persons.
Factors to consider in textual presentation of
data

The textual presentation of data is very helpful in presenting contextual data. It


helps the researcher explain and analyze specific points in data. While
presenting data in textual form the researcher should consider the following
factors.
1.The researcher should know the target audience who are going to read it. The
researcher should use a language in the presentation of data that is easy to understand
and highlights the main points of the data findings.
Factors to consider in textual presentation of
data

2. The author should use wordings that does not introduce bias in research. Avoid the use of
biased, slanted, or emotional language.
3. Accuracy should be maintained in presenting data and the numbers and percentages presented
in the textual data should be reviewed to avoid any mistakes in the presentation.
4. To make it easier for the audience to comprehend the important points in data, the researcher
should avoid unnecessary details. Too much detail can make it difficult for the audience to
concentrate on the key points in data.
Factors to consider in textual presentation of
data

5. Do not repeat the same point again and again it will ruin the purpose of textual presentation.
Your data presentation will become monotonous if there is repetition of data finding.
6. Try to shorten longer phrases wherever possible, mix two phrases when they can be combined
as one.
7. One mistake that often researchers make is to use general descriptive words like, too much,
little, exactly, all, always, never, must and many more. These words should be avoided as they
only add to the unnecessary details in your data presentation. The numbers and percentages better
describe and fulfill the aim of data presentation.
Factors to consider in textual presentation of
data

8. Another point to consider is to avoid decorative language while make sure that you use scholarly
language in your data presentation.

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