Practice quiz: Figures and tables

4 questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right. You can try as many times as you like. These are for practice: the final test has different questions.

1. 1.Why avoid the rainbow ('jet') colour map?

   It's too colourful for printIts uneven brightness creates false boundaries and excludes colour-blind readersJournals ban itIt's slow
2. 2.The best first sentence of a caption...

   names the figure ("Results")states the findingsays "see text"lists the authors
3. 3.Which belongs in a table rather than a figure?

   A trend over timeExact values readers may want to look upA distribution's shapeA relationship between two variables
4. 4.Which number shows sensible precision for an accuracy?

   78.4321%78.4%about 80-ish%78.43210%