CENTER FOR FAMILY & DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH Making Charts & Tables

[Pages:75]CENTER FOR FAMILY & DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

Making Charts & Tables

Fall 2017 Workshop Series

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

Source: "Slide:ology: The art and science of creating great presentations" by Nancy Durante

Today's Presentation...

1. Why Charts? 2. Structure of an Excel Chart 3. Different Types of Charts (w/ dos and don'ts) 4. Basic Principles of Design 5. Getting Tables from Stata Excel Word

WHY-

CHARTS?

"Designing good charts, however, presents more challenges than tabular display as it draws on the talents of both the scientist and the artist. You have to know and understand your data, but you also need a good sense of how the reader will visualize the chart's graphical elements."

~Gary Klass

Picture Superiority Effect

Information is better remembered in tests of recall and item recognition when presented as pictures rather than words

Fruit <

What makes up-

THE STRUCTURE OF AN EXCEL CHART?

Let's Dissect...

Rates per 1,000 at Risk Population

Chart Title

Legend

50

45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10 Axis

5

0

$0

$5

Axis Titles

Predicted Marriage & Divorce Rates

Upper Bounds (UB) & Lower Bounds (LB)

UB

Mar Rt

LB

UB

Div Rt

Data Labels

LB

36.0 24.2

Gridlines

$10

$15

$20

$25

$30

$35

$40

HMI Spending Per Population at Risk of Marriage or Divorce

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2008-2011; HMI spending data? Hawkins et al., 2013.

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