Three Articles on Designing Figures and Tables

From the Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing. By Thomas M. Annesley. Titles and topics of the articles:

• Part 7: "Put Your Best Figure Forward: Line Graphs and Scattergrams" (on designing these types of figures)
• Part 8: "Bars and Pies Make Better Desserts than Figures" (on designing these types of figures, and on using them only when appropriate)
• Part 9: "Bring Your Best to the Table" (on designing tables)

Each article includes examples and ends with an exercise on improving a figure or table.