{"id":5481,"date":"2019-04-10T12:34:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/choosing-between-tables-figures-and-text-for-your-research-data\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T10:04:30","slug":"choosing-between-tables-figures-and-text-for-your-research-data","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/choosing-between-tables-figures-and-text-for-your-research-data","title":{"rendered":"Choosing between tables, figures, and text for your research data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One\u00a0of\u00a0the most challenging aspects of preparing your manuscript\u00a0is deciding which format your research findings should be presented in. 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