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Tabulation

This document defines tabulation and outlines its objectives, components, requirements, types, advantages, and disadvantages. Tabulation involves organizing related quantitative data into a table format to simplify complex data, economize space, facilitate comparison and analysis, save time, and depict trends. Key components of a table include the table number, title, caption, stub, body, head note, foot note, and source. Requirements for good statistical tables are that they suit the purpose, be scientifically prepared, clear, manageably sized, have numbered columns and rows, suitable approximations, attractive formatting, units, averages, totals, and logical item arrangement.

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Tabulation

This document defines tabulation and outlines its objectives, components, requirements, types, advantages, and disadvantages. Tabulation involves organizing related quantitative data into a table format to simplify complex data, economize space, facilitate comparison and analysis, save time, and depict trends. Key components of a table include the table number, title, caption, stub, body, head note, foot note, and source. Requirements for good statistical tables are that they suit the purpose, be scientifically prepared, clear, manageably sized, have numbered columns and rows, suitable approximations, attractive formatting, units, averages, totals, and logical item arrangement.

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TABULATION OF DATA

INTRODUCTION TO TABULATION

DEFINITION
According to Tuttle, “A statistical table is the logical listing
of related quantitative data in vertical columns and
horizontal rows of numbers, with sufficient explanatory
and qualifying words, phrases and statements in the form
of titles, heading and footnotes to make clear the full
meaning of the data and their origin”
OBJECTIVES OF TABULATION
1. To simplify the complex data

2. To economize space

3. To facilitate comparison

4. To facilitate statistical analysis

5. To save time

6. To depict trend

7. To help reference
Components Of Table
1. Table number

2. Title of the table

3. Caption / Box head

4. Stub

5. Body / Field

6. Head note

7. Foot note

8. Source data
Stub Caption Total
headings (rows)
Subhead Subhead

Column- Column Column- Column


head head head head

Stub
Entries

Total
(columns)

Foot note :
Source note:
REQUIREMENTS OF GOOD
STATISTICAL TABLES
1. Suit the purpose
2. Scientifically prepared
3. Clarity
4. Manageable size
5. Columns and rows should be numbered
6. Suitably approximated
7. Attractive get-up
8. Units
9. Average and totals
10.Logical arrangement of items
11.Proper lettering
Types of tables
1. Simple and Complex tables.

2. General purpose and special purpose tables.

3. Original and derived table.


Advantages of classification and
tabulation
1. Clarifies the object

2. Simplifies the complex data

3. Economic space

4. Facilitates the comparison

5. It helps in references

6. Depict the trend


Disadvantages of classification and
tabulation
1. Complicated process

2. Every data can not be put into tables

3. Lack of flexibility

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