Learning objectives

Participants will be able to:

Understand different ways of summarizing data

Choose the right table/graph for the right data and audience

Ensure that graphics are self-explanatory

Create graphs and tables that are attractive

Speaker notes

By the end of this session, participants should be able to: [READ BULLETS]

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Data Presentation, Interpretation and Use

Speaker notes

By the end of this session, participants should be able to: [READ BULLETS]

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Do you present yourself like this?

Speaker notes

Do you present yourself like this? [HAVE AUDIENCE ANSWER QUESTION.]

Why would you not present yourself like this? Do you think this man is taken seriously? What do you think would happen if he tried to speak to someone in the Ministry of Health about some information related to a BCC campaign? Would he even be let in?

So, if you know that you would not be taken seriously if you presented yourself like this, then . . .

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So why would you present your data like this?

Speaker notes

Why would you present your data like this? Would most people be able to get the message from this data if it was presented in this STATA output? [ALLOW COMMENTS]

No, it is too busy and it is difficult to interpret.

The way you present your data can greatly affect how usable the data will be.

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Or this?

Speaker notes

And why would you present your data like this? Can anyone tell me what some problems may be with this chart?

POSSIBLE ANSWERS

No title

No axis labels

The colors are difficult to read. (You should never put a dark color on a dark background.)

The green color is too bright.

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This is Better!

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Use of ITNs in Zambia

Speaker notes

What is improved in this slide compared to the last one? (other than the data points themselves)

POSSIBLE ANSWERS

Title

Axis labels

Data labels

The colors are easy to read.

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Chart1
% of children under 5 who slept under an ITN last night % of children under 5 who slept under an ITN last night % of children under 5 who slept under an ITN last night
% of women 15-49 who slept under an ITN last night % of women 15-49 who slept under an ITN last night % of women 15-49 who slept under an ITN last night
2001-02 DHS
2007 DHS
Column1
7.3
28.5
8
28.2
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