APA Style (7th ed.)
Please refer to Chapter 7 ("Tables and Figures") in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.) for information and examples, as well as Tables and Figures by the American Psychological Association. For information on copyright, please see Copyright Basics and Fair Dealing.
Tables versus figures
According to the American Psychological Association (2020), illustrations in-text are either tables, which arrange "numerical values" or "textual information" in columns and rows (p. 195) or figures (e.g., "a chart, a graph, a photograph, a drawing, or any other illustration or nontextual depiction" (p. 195)). When you're deciding whether you're using a table or figure, keep in mind that "tables are almost always characterized by a row-column structure. Any type of illustration other than a table is considered a figure" (American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 195).
Reference
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
