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I've created a table that (I think) needs \makecell{}, \multirow{}, and multicolumn{} to be displayed properly. The issue is that the spatial arrangement of my elements is not so great.

  • The lower and upper subheadings (columns 5 & 6) are not aligned properly.
  • Columns 1-4 are not placed sensibly (centered or bottom aligned would work).
  • I have to use a hack (\B) to space my \hline so that it does not overlap text of columns 3 & 4.

Any advice On what I might be doing wrong or a better approach (apologies for the single use nature of the question)?

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{makecell, multirow, ctable} \newcommand\B{\rule[-2.5ex]{0pt}{0pt}} \begin{document} \begin{table}[h] \centering \caption{title} \small \begin{tabular}{cccccc} \specialrule{.2em}{.1em}{.1em} \multirow{2}{*}{Condition} & \multirow{2}{*}{\textit{N}} & \multirow{2}{*}{\makecell{Mean Proportion \\ Taxonomic \\ Responses}} & \multirow{2}{*}{\makecell{Taxonomic \\ Responding Exact \\ Binomial Test \textit{p}}} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\makecell{95\% Binomial \\ Confidence Intervals}} \\ \cline{5-6} & & & & Lower & Upper \B \\ \hline Alien & \textit{n} = 65 & .74 & \\ Alike & \textit{n} = 63 & .68 & \\ Similar & \textit{n} = 50 & .68 & \\ No Reminder & \textit{n} = 59 & .40 & \\ \hline \end{tabular} \label{table:e1rt} \end{table} \end{document}

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Some improvements with booktabs and code simplification with \multirowcell command, since you load makecell:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{makecell, multirow, booktabs} \usepackage{caption} \begin{document} \begin{table}[h] \centering \caption{title} \footnotesize\setlength{\extrarowheight}{2pt} \begin{tabular}{c>{$}c<{$}cccc} \toprule \multirowcell{3}[-1pt]{Condition} & \multirowcell{3}[-1pt]{$N$} & \multirowcell{3}[-1pt]{Mean Proportion \\ Taxonomic \\ Responses}& \multirowcell{3}[-1pt]{Taxonomic \\\strut Responding Exact \\ Binomial Test $p$} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\makecell{95\% Binomial \\ Confidence Intervals}} \\ \cmidrule(lr){5-6} & & & & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Lower} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Upper} \\ \midrule Alien & n = 65 & .74 & \\ Alike & n = 63 & .68 & \\ Similar & n = 50 & .68 & \\ No Reminder & n = 59 & .40 & \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \label{table:e1rt} \end{table} \end{document}

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  • I think your solution needs \usepackage{siunitx} Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 19:08
  • @ghonke: With the data you posted, it isn't useful: all numbers in the third column have the same number of digits, so the alignment will be automatic. Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 19:13
  • I only mention it because the document fails to compile without it, maybe the error was something else but it seems like I isolated it to presence/absence of that package call, it throws an error here without it: \begin{tabular}{c>{$}c<{$}cccc} Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 19:38
  • The error happens with the very code in my answer? Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 19:42
  • Sorry, no, mistake on my end. thanks for the response it looks much better. Commented Oct 6, 2017 at 1:32
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I think you could improve it using booktabs:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{makecell, multirow, booktabs} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2} \usepackage{siunitx} \usepackage{caption} \begin{document} \begin{table}[h] \centering \caption{title} \footnotesize \begin{tabular}{c>{$}c<{$}S[table-format=.2,add-integer-zero=false]ccc} \toprule \multirow{2}{*}{Condition} & \multirow{2}{*}{$N$} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\multirow{2}{*}{\makecell{Mean Proportion \\ Taxonomic \\ Responses}}} & \multirow{2}{*}{\makecell{Taxonomic \\ Responding Exact \\ Binomial Test $p$}} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\makecell{95\% Binomial \\ Confidence Intervals}} \\ \cmidrule{5-6} & & & & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Lower} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Upper} \\ \midrule Alien & n = 65 & .74 & \\ Alike & n = 63 & .68 & \\ Similar & n = 50 & .68 & \\ No Reminder & n = 59 & .40 & \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \label{table:e1rt} \end{table} \end{document}

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