Designing Course Project

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While APA-style citation and format is required, you do have the flexibility in the design of your Course Project to include a visual element. Review Chapter 17, pp. 382-387. How does the use of visual elements enhance or detract from the presentation of research? Will you add graphs, charts, or images to your draft? Why or why not? This is for a discussion post. APA format with refence. The article or the reference pages are attached

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Using Photography and Images With the capabilities of today’s computers, you should always look for ways to add photography to your document. To add a picture, you can use a digital camera or a mobile phone to snap the picture, or you can download a picture from the Internet. Downloading Photographs and Images from the Internet If you find a photograph or image on the Internet that you want to use, save the image to your hard drive, and insert it into your document. Some popular sources for photographs include Flickr.com, Photobucket.com, Google Images, and Zooomr.com. The Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov) offers many historical pictures that you can use for free. When using photographs and images taken from the Internet, remember that almost all of them are protected by copyright law. According to copyright law, you can use photographs and images for academic purposes. This is called “fair use.” You can find out more about fair use and copyright law at the U.S. Copyright Office (www.copyright.gov). However, if you want to publish your document or put it on the Internet, you will need to ask permission to use the photograph or image from the person or organization that owns it. The easiest way to ask permission is to send an e-mail to the person who manages the Web site on which you found the image. Explain how you want to use the image, where it will appear, and how you will identify its source. If the owner denies you permission, you will not be able to use the photograph or image in any nonacademic way. Watch the Animation on Using Visuals at mycomplab.com Labeling a Photograph or Image You should label each photograph or image by giving it a figure number and a title (Figure 17.7). The figure number should then be mentioned in the written text, so your readers know when to look for the photograph. Captions are not mandatory, but they can help your readers understand how the image relates to the written text. Using Graphs and Charts Graphs and charts can also be helpful additions to your documents, especially if you are presenting data to your readers. Genres like reports and proposals routinely use graphs and charts to illustrate data. These graphics can also be useful in evaluations and position papers to provide support for claims in the written text. FIGURE 17.7 Labeling a Photograph Proper labeling will help readers understand how the graphic supports the written text. Creating a Graph or Chart Your best option for making a visual might be to use the spreadsheet program, such as Excel or Quattro Pro, that came with your word-processing software (Figure 17.8). Simpler graphs can be made in presentation software, like PowerPoint or Keynote. These spreadsheet and presentation software packages can help you create quick graphs and charts from a data set. Then you can insert the graphic right into your document. (Your word processor will probably have a Chart feature that will take you to the spreadsheet program.) Once you have created the graph, you should add a title and label the horizontal x-axis and vertical y-axis (Figure 17.8, page 384). After you have inserted your graph into your document, make sure you have labeled it properly and provided a citation for the source of the data. To label the graph, give it a number or letter and a title. For example, the graph in Figure 17.8 is called “Figure A: Obesity Rates (Percentage) By County.” After you have labeled the graph, include your source below the graph using a common citation style (e.g., MLA, APA). In the written part of your document, refer to the graphic by its number, so readers know when to refer to it. When you want the readers to consider the graph, write something like, “As shown in Figure A, the local obesity rate.…” Or, you can simply put “(Figure A)” at the end of the sentence where you refer to the graph. Choosing the Appropriate Graph or Chart You can use various kinds of graphs and charts to display your data. Each graph or chart allows you to tell a different story to your readers. Analyze the Interactive Document for Using Graphs and Charts at mycomplab.com FIGURE 17.8 Using Spreadsheet Software to Make a Graph A spreadsheet is a helpful tool for creating a graph. Enter your data and then click the graphing button to create a graph. Then you can insert the graph into your document. Line Graph. A line graph is a good way to show measurements or trends over time. In a line graph, the vertical axis (y-axis) displays a measured quantity, such as temperature, sales, growth, and so on. The horizontal axis (x-axis) is usually divided into time increments such as years, months, days, or hours. See Figure 17.9. Bar Chart. Bar charts are used to show quantities, allowing readers to make visual comparisons among different amounts. Like line graphs, bar charts can be used to show fluctuations in quantities over time. See Figure 17.10. Pie Charts. Pie charts are useful for showing how a whole quantity is divided into parts. These charts are a quick way to add a visual element into your document, but you should use them sparingly. They take up a lot of space in a document while usually presenting only a small amount of data. See Figure 17.11.
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