ABSTRACT
Once the data in a research project have been collected and analyzed by the researcher,
it is time to prepare data displays that provide the substance of the project. As in the analysis
phase, different types of displays are used for different types of data. The data analysis was
conducted to test research hypotheses or to answer basic research questions. The data displays
are offered in a research report to communicate that analysis to a larger audience. Numerical
data are usually displayed through the use of tables, charts, or graphs; statistical results from
analyses have a traditional format of presentation; and textual data are often summarized with
selected quotations from research participants or other annotations from the data to confirm
traits or phenomena.
