This guide is a resource for creating effective visual materials. It should clarify APA style for visual presentation and to emphasize the "how to" aspects of presenting research findings. Each chapter is devoted to a different type of figure with examples of variations on each, featuring fictional studies and accompanied by figures illustrating the study. Readers will learn about effective line graphs, drawings, scatter plots, photographs and charts. In addition to providing guidelines and examples of common figures, the book also includes chapters on how to present conference posters and presentations.
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Your Funds are Better Used Elsewhere:
I just used this book for to create figures for my senior thesis and a poster for a psychology conference. I did not find that this book served my interests.
For creating posters: it only outlined the basics, which were pretty much intuitive; inlude an intro, method, results et cetera. I found better instruction and examples by searching the web. I wanted more information about style and color use. For tables and figures: the important things you need to know about figures and tables can be... more info
Displaying Your Findings: A Practical Guide for Presenting Figures, Posters, and Presentations:
prompt service and the book was in very good condition
Useful for Research Presentation:
If you want to find a supplement to the APA Style Manual on presenting your findings, look no further. This book has many great examples of various figures and ways of presenting findings. I found it very useful in putting together figures for my own research project. The examples are great!
However, this book is not for everyone, if you do not do much research or have little interest in pursuing psychology beyond an undergraduate degree you may not need it. This book elaborates on what is included in the... more info
