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A guide to presenting statistics v introduction the making data meaningful guides have been prepared within the framework of the united nations economic commission for europe unece work sessions on the communication and dissemination of statistics1, under the programme of work of the conference of european statisticians2. As text raw data with proper formatting, categorisation, indentation is most extensively used and very effective way of presenting data. As program evaluators we aspire to conduct sterling. I am r etiring from three decades as a professor, edu cator, and administrator with cooperative extensi on and moving into. We are swimming in data but its hard for us to use it quickly for. With a growing interest in the field of data visualisation, stephanie evergreens book on presenting data effectively can be described as a timely entry into the topic for the evaluation fieldshe immediately makes her position and passion for data presentation clear with strong words to convince the reader of its importance. Clinical biostatistics, merck research labs thomas h. First, it is a visual way to look at the data and see what happened and make interpretations. As a result, audiences are presented with confusing tables and charts that do not make immediate sense.
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