ABSTRACT
Visual devices such as graphs and tables are a convenient way of displaying large quantities of numerical information in a form that is easy to understand. In many assignments in business and economics, it is essential to support people's writing with statistics. This chapter explains and practises the language connected with visual devices. When referring to visual information in the text, the word figure is used for almost everything such as maps, charts and graphs except tables. Figures and tables should be numbered and given a title. Titles of tables are written above, while titles of figures are written below the data. As with other data, sources must be given for all visual information. If people are writing a lengthy work such as a dissertation, they will need to provide lists of tables and figures, showing numbers, titles and page numbers, after the contents page.
