This paragraph from a Methods section describes the data collection and statistical analysis phase of the experiment. It is included here as an example to remind you that this section is not limited to the experimental design. This portion of a Results section is included because it shows you how to describe results and reference a table in the text. Notice also that the table shown has a good legend and summarizes the raw data well, with mean standard deviation. Gas exchange characteristics of an Orontium aquaticum plant before and after 17 d inside a flow-through cuvette.
Values are means standard deviations.
This figure is useful because the reader gains additional information from seeing the data in a graphic display. That is one main requirement for presenting your results in a figure instead of a table. Note also that the legend appears below the figure and that the legend describes the important points of the figure. Note that the authors limit their conclusions to this experiment, without generalizing about all Rhizobium -legume relationships. The authors describe possible scientific explanations for their results.