Accessible Charts

Most charts will appear as images within Word and PowerPoint documents.

Generally speaking, an alternative text cannot do justice to a complex chart. One way to describe a chart is to provide both a text summary and a properly coded data table near the chart.

This serves multiple audiences because a chart can show trends, but a table can provide exact data for those who are interested.

Sample chart displaying the Percentage of Final /r/ in Detroit African American Speakers Across Gender and Class
Gender Upper Middle Class Lower Middle Upper Middle Lower Working
Female 90% 70% 44.2% 31.7%
Male 66.7% 52.5% 20% 25%

Summary of Trends

The numbers show that /r/ dropping becomes more common in lower classes (lower percentages of final /r/), but that women consistently preserve more /r/’s then men across social classes.

That is, women are more likely then men to approach standard English across social classes.




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