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Referencing Tables and Figures in Text
When writing the results section of an APA-style manuscript, researchers should avoid unnecessarily repeating precise statistical data that is already clearly displayed in a table or figure. Instead, the narrative text should be utilized to alert the reader to major trends, highlight specific correlations of interest, and draw attention to significant details that are visually summarized in the accompanying graphs and tables.
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Referencing Tables and Figures in Text
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What is the primary purpose of the narrative text when referencing a table or figure in the results section of an APA-style manuscript?
While writing an APA-style results section, a researcher providing a scatterplot should use the accompanying paragraph to point out the overall direction of the relationship rather than listing the exact values of every individual data point.