Section outline

  • Lecture:  

    Research Results: the Visual Display of Data

    Faculty: Vivek Jain. MD, MAS

    Location:       Mission Hall 1400

    This session is designed to guide students in preparing visually compelling tables, graphs, and figures to present their research data clearly and effectively in manuscripts, posters, or oral presentations. Examples of more and less effective presentation of research tables and figures will be provided, and students will be encouraged to critique examples and discuss strategies for improving the format or presentation. Tips for developing written text that frames and/or highlights the visual display of important data from research projects may also be presented.

    • Session Slides:

    • Presenting Research Data slides File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      Browner WS. Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research, 3rd Ed, Chapters 5, 6, and 7

    • Optional Reading:

    • Excerpts from Edward Tufte’s The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Assignment #3: Submit a table and a figure that present the same research data in two different ways – due by 5 pm on May 22.

    • Assignment 3 template File
    • Assignment 3