The Importance of the Graphic Approach to Research in Higher Education.

The use of graphics as an effective method of data communication is discussed for various types of research reports in higher education. The need to display information in a concise format and the importance of the stratification of data are stressed. The authors illustrate and discuss some of the types of graphs that can be used to communicate concepts in higher education: for example, organization, process, trends, quantities, area, and location. Also examined are the results of a survey conducted for the purpose of determining the type of data communication preferred by educational administrators. (Author/MSE)