In APA style, a table is a representation of information that uses rows and columns.
Keep the following in mind when including a table in your capstone document:
For more on tables, see APA 7, Chapter 7.
In this example, the author created the table using statistics from a government website.
Age range (years) | No. of children (millions) height | Weighted percentage ever diagnosed weight |
---|---|---|
2–5 |
0.388 |
2.4% |
6–11 |
2.400 |
9.6% |
12–17 |
3.300 |
13.6% |
From “Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Data & Statistics,” by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018 (https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html).
In this example, the author created the table from original data.
Variable | Average height | Average weight | Average behavior incident | Average truancy |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boys (n = 60) |
5 ft 1 in |
120 lbs |
14 |
6 days |
Girls (n = 62) |
5 ft 2 in |
105 lbs |
4 |
0.5 days |