Incorporating Statistics, Graphs, and Illustrations

Charts, graphs, statistics, illustrations, and other visuals strengthen and support arguments in your research paper in the following ways:

By presenting data simply and clearly

By presenting numerical relationships visually

By capturing your reader's attention

Types of Visuals

You may use different types of visuals in a research paper, including the following:

Charts and Graphs

Pie chart: Illustrates the entirety of something divided into parts

Gantt chart: Displays a schedule or timeline as a bar chart

Flow chart: Shows the order of steps in a process

Example:

Horizontal bar graph: Uses rectangular bars to compare two or more values

Vertical bar graph: Uses rectangular bars...