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The Hero Teacher on How do you decide which data goes in the body of a Task 1 report?

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goldenmaple

When a chart has far more numbers than I can mention, I struggle with the grouping. Do you pick the highest and lowest, or group by a similar trend? I was thinking of testing each choice: cover one figure and see whether the overall story still makes sense without it. If it does, maybe it wasn't needed. Not sure that's a fair test though, since some numbers support the overview even when they look minor.

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The Hero Teacher

Definitely go with similar trends! Only using highest and lowest will not look that good, and it will be repetitive.
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