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Step 2: Compose your answer
Move 3: Analyse and synthesise the data.
Analysing and synthesising the data can be done by:
- showing comparison or contrast
- relating cause and effect
- ranking from less/most important
- to most/least important
putting items in larger categories
A good piece of writing should demonstrate your ability to link information across the visuals given.
Some useful expressions that you could use to show your analysis and synthesis are shown below.
The results of …
The findings … |
may be
can be
could be
might be |
due to… |
explained by…
caused by…
attributed to… |
| suggest that… |
| Based on the data, |
it is almost certain that…
it is possible that…
it is certain that…
it appears that…
it is likely that…
it seems that… |
almost twice….
slightly over…
a smaller percentage of… |
Other words you can use are:
- The results/data/findings shown in Figure 1/Table 1 are quite different from…
- Unlike the results/data/findings shown in Figure 1, …
- Comparing the results/data/findings shown in Figure 1 and Table 1…
- While/Although/Even though the results/data/findings in Table 1 show that…, the data in Figure 1 indicates that…
In your analysis and synthesis, you may want to show some evaluations on the data. Evaluations can be shown by employing several words from various categories, as shown in the table below.
| Adjectives |
…most difficult/least difficult…
…most important/least important…
…highest/lowest…
…minor/major… |
Verbs |
…increased/decreased…
…fluctuated/leveled off…
…remained constant...
…declined…
…fell…
…rose… |
Adjective + Noun:
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…sharp rise…
…low/high point…
…steep fall…
…steady increase/decrease |
Adverbials
-ly words |
Clearly,
Interestingly,
Generally,
Unfortunately,
Surprisingly, |
} |
the findings
the results
the data |
} |
suggest that…
imply that… |
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