Tables and Figures (jms-tables-figures)

When to trigger

• A regression table is a wall of coefficients with no story or a model figure is missing
• A qualitative paper has rich quotes but no data-structure figure tying them to constructs
• A process model is described in prose but never drawn
• Tables count against the 10,000–13,000-word budget and need pruning
• A reviewer says "I can't follow how the data became the theory" or "the table doesn't answer the question"

The JMS exhibit bar

JMS exhibits must make the argument legible, in whichever idiom. Two house facts shape them: the word count is inclusive of tables, figures, and references, so every exhibit must earn its space; and tables are numbered with Roman numerals, figures with Arabic numerals (verify against current author guidance — 检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). Quantitative and qualitative papers need different exhibit sets — match the set to the design.

Quantitative exhibit set