Data table
Level 2 Category
Definition
A structured arrangement of information in rows and columns, used to organize, compare, or summarize values clearly and efficiently.
Example Image
Reproduced from Journal of Patient Experience, 13. https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735251413861. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Writing Alternative Text
State what the table represents and highlight the most important patterns, comparisons, or outliers.
Example Alt Text
"Data table lists 32 text entries labelled Praise, Complaint, or Dispute, with positive, negative, neutral, and compound sentiment scores, ordered by decreasing compound score. Compound ranges from 0.9994 to 0. Praise occupies 12 of the top 15 rows. Neutral is the largest sentiment score in 29 rows; the final Complaint has positive 0, negative 0, neutral 1, and compound 0."