DIA 2016 Annual Meeting

Component Type: Workshop
Level: Basic

Participants will “learn by doing” how poorly conceived and executed tables and graphs can actually prevent understanding of the science. In contrast, when data presentations are well-designed, they can communicate the key messages of even very large and complex data sets. After a short presentation on the fundamentals of good data presentation, participants will be divided into smaller working groups where they will be challenged with complex and difficult to understand examples of figures and datasets and asked to consider what are the key messages and the best method for communicating them. These real-life data examples are guaranteed to open eyes and enlighten. After each exercise, the groups will come back together to discuss, share, and analyze the messages and their presentations, and conclude with a summary of lessons learned.

**Due to session format, seating will be limited to 50 participants and available on a first come, first served basis. Once all seats are occupied, DIA will be required to close the session, and no more participants will be admitted. Interested attendees are encouraged to arrive early in order to ensure seating.

Learning Objectives

Demonstrate how to change uninformative tables and graphs into data presentations that communicate clearly.

Chair

Barry Drees, PhD