BIOSTATISTICS : TABULATION OF DATA AND PARTS OF TABLE

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Tabulation is the process of grouped data in the form of a table so that it is easily understood and an investigator is quickly able to locate the desired information.

Aim Of Tabulation

  • To present voluminous heterogeneous statistical data
  • Easy to check for any errors
  • It presents facts in minimum possible space
  • Comparison of data




Parts Of Table

1. Table number For easy reference and identification
2. Title of the table The title should be placed centrally on the top of a table just below the table number (or just after table number in the same line)
3. Head note Its Optimal. give information like unites of measurements, scientific notation etc.
4. Captions or column headings  They may have main heading and sub-headings and are usually written in lower case
5. Stubs  The heading of horizontal rows are stubs
6. Body of the table  Important part of the table and consists of the cells in which numerical values
7. Footnotes Last part of the table. explains the specific feature of the data content 

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