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These links should take you to interesting articles. Professor Ehrenberg's articles are well written and short.

A.S.C. Ehrenberg: "The Problem of Numeracy" A six page article that can change your life. Or anyway, change your approach to designing tables and graphs.
http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/~icamacho/seminario_II_03/contenido/ehrenberg.pdf

A.S.C. Ehrenberg: "Graphs or Tables" pdf available. First published in The Statistician, 1978
http://www.stat.umn.edu/~sandy/courses/8801/handouts/04.tabular/ehrenberg1978.pdf

Reading University & University College Cork Practical advice by academics aimed at science students but useful to anyone.
http://www.stars.rdg.ac.uk/data.html

Howard Wainer: "How To Display Data Badly" Excellent, succinct article by a celebrity in data presentation. First published in The American Statistician in May 1984.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~roos/Courses/grstat502/wainer.pdf

Jane E Miller: "How to Communicate Statistical Findings". An excellent article written for statisticians but helpful to anyone writing a report/giving a presentation with lots of figures.
http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/miller/Chance06.pdf

Bates College (USA) "Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Making Tables and Figures". General, practical article
http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/writing/HTW_Guide_Table-Figures_9-30-08.pdf

Edward W Frees and Robert B Miller: "Designing Effective Graphs" – written for actuaries!
http://www.soa.org/library/journals/north-american-actuarial-journal/1998/april/naaj9804_3.pdf

Gary Klass: "Just Plain Data Analysis: Companion Website" - several pages that might prove helpful.
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jpda/