Guidelines like the ones you're looking may be provided by the entity under which you're doing the work. Ask about the "house style guide" or something to that effect -- they may have a different name for it... publication standards, publishing guide, etc.
If you just want to have neat tables for your own edification and there's no rules set for you, do what works best (makes the data organized and easy to read), and be consistent about applying your own rules to the data.
Personally, I prefer most numbers right aligned (especially if they vary in number of digits: 10, 100, 1000 for example). Single character entries I like to see aligned centre.
P.S. Oddly enough, I was looking yesterday for information on programs that reintroduce macaws. Just out of curiosity, and if you don't mind saying, where (roughly) do they release the birds in your study? And which are they releasing -- common Ara, rare Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Diopsittaca?
yeah most journals have their own ways i guess, its just for reports for my boss but i still get all obsessed about getting it right.
i work with ara macao, scarlet macaws in costa rica, not super rare. my job is pretty amazing, i cant believe it some days. i have amazing data i should get it published.
Well, if its "just for you" really, pick a format you like (your own, a publication's standard, whatever works for you) and go for it! :) There's no absolutely "right" way to do tables, I'm afraid. :/ Even where I work, which has a lot of these types of rules, formatting can vary from document to document.
That does sound like a VERY amazing job. I'm super-jealous. ;) I spent a bit of time in CR in the past... wish I'd seen macaws flying wild when I was there!! Hope you do get your data published. The great parrots are of interest to many.
Ya, try looking for a style guide in some of the popular journals in the field. I've always a been a big fan of the american physical society journal style guide (which uses their own LaTeX package).
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If you just want to have neat tables for your own edification and there's no rules set for you, do what works best (makes the data organized and easy to read), and be consistent about applying your own rules to the data.
Personally, I prefer most numbers right aligned (especially if they vary in number of digits: 10, 100, 1000 for example). Single character entries I like to see aligned centre.
P.S. Oddly enough, I was looking yesterday for information on programs that reintroduce macaws. Just out of curiosity, and if you don't mind saying, where (roughly) do they release the birds in your study? And which are they releasing -- common Ara, rare Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Diopsittaca?
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i work with ara macao, scarlet macaws in costa rica, not super rare. my job is pretty amazing, i cant believe it some days. i have amazing data i should get it published.
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That does sound like a VERY amazing job. I'm super-jealous. ;) I spent a bit of time in CR in the past... wish I'd seen macaws flying wild when I was there!! Hope you do get your data published. The great parrots are of interest to many.
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