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Jon Schwabisch recently proposed ten guidelines for better table design.
Next to the academic paper, Jon shared his recommendations in a Twitter thread.
I recently published "Ten Guidelines for Better Tables" in the Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis (@benefitcost) on ways to improve your data tables.
— Jon Schwabish (@jschwabish) August 3, 2020
Here's a thread summarizing the 10 guidelines.
Full paper is here: https://t.co/VSGYnfg7iP pic.twitter.com/W6qbsktioL
Let me summarize them for you:
- Right-align your numbers
- Left-align your texts
- Use decimals appropriately (one or two is often enough)
- Display units (e.g., $, %) sparsely (e.g., only on first row)
- Highlight outliers
- Highlight column headers
- Use subtle highlights and dividers
- Use white space between rows and columns
- Use white space (or dividers) to highlight groups
- Use visualizations for large tables
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