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This study aimed at investigating the characteristics of table and graph that people perceive and the data types which people consider the two displays are most appropriate for. Participants in this survey were 195 teachers and undergraduates from four universities in Beijing. The results showed people’s different attitudes towards the two forms of display.
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Project supported partly by the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No. 2002B312103), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 3027466), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Zhang, L., Fu, Xl. Which is better for presenting your data: table or graph?. J. Zheijang Univ.-Sci. 5, 1165–1168 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2004.1165
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2004.1165