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Another kind of flow chart simply illustrates processes rather than showing where decisions have to be made. 39 PREPARING EFFECTIVE FIGURES A list-form algorithm consists of numbered statements and questions, with the answers leading readers to the next relevant number. 9. MAP layouts have the advantage that they can be produced on a typewriter (Fig. 10). Base your choice of which type of algorithm or flow chart to use on what your readers will be using it for. g. ISO 5807:1985) that are internationally recognizable.
Some kinds of records don’t come out well in photographs. If an electrophoretogram, autoradiogram, or paper chromatogram is likely to reproduce poorly, if at all, draw arrows to show important points, or make a drawing based on the original record and include both the drawing and a photograph of the original record in the figure (if the journal accepts this kind of illustration). Similarly, it may be more effective to draw a diagram of a piece of equipment or describe it in the text than to include a photograph.
Put columns that need to be compared next to each other. Remember that it is easier to compare a series of numbers going down a column than a series of numbers going across a row (CBE Style Manual Committee 1983, p. 76–77) (Fig. 5). Put control or normal values near the beginning—usually in the first row or as the first column of data. If it seems logical to arrange the numbers from small to large, do so, or find some other logical way to group the findings. It is neither logical nor helpful to readers if you arrange entries in the order you did the experiments, or according to some personal numbering system, or by alphabetical order.