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Ques.1) What is textual presentation of data write its merit and demerit?
Ans. In a textual presentation the data are presented in the form of paragraph or descriptive form
MERITS
a) It is suitable when data is not very large.
b) It is easy to understand and this is appealing to educated people.
DEMERITS
a) Its information is boring monotonious.
b) It is not good for large volume of data.
Ques.2) What do you mean by tabular presentation?
Ans. The process of arranging data orderly in the form of rows and columns.
Ques.3) Write the objective of tabular presentation or tabulation?
Or
Write the merits or demerits of tabular presentation of the data?
1. Ans. Simple and brief presentation= it makes the data simpler brief and clear which is easy to understand.
2. Help in comparison= tabulation helps comparison of data by presenting the data in different classes.
3. Easy analysis= it is very easy to analysis the data form tables.
4. Economical= tabular presentation is a very economical mode of the data presentation it saves time as well as space.
Ques.4) Describe the major part of statistical table?
Ans. There are following part of table .
1. Table number= First of all a table must have like 1,2,3ora,b,c
2. Tittle A table must have a tittle. Tittle must be written in bold letter.
3. Head note = If the tittle of table does not give complete information ,it is supplemented with a head note.
4. Stubs= stubs are tittle of the rows of a table.
5. Caption= caption is the tittle given to the column of the table.
6. Body or field = body of a table mean some total of the item in the table.
7. Footnotes= footnotes are given at the bottom of the table for clarification of the reader.
8. Source = when tables are based on secondary data/source of the data is to be given .
Ques.5) Difference between tabular presentation and classification?
Ans.
Bases and difference classification tabulation
Sequence Firstly the data are classified After classification the process of tabulation starts.
Classification The data are on the bases of similarities and dissimilarities Data are classified in rows and columns
method It is a process of statistical analysis It is process presentation of statistical data
Presentation It divides the data into various classes and sub classes It presentation data into heading into sub headings
Ques.6) What are the qualities or features of a good table ?
1. Ans. Tittle as comparitable with the objective of the study= tittle of the table must be provided at the top of table and must be comparitable with the objective of the study.
2. Comparison= Table should be made at this type so that data can be compared easily.
3. Use of zero= zero should be used only to indicate the quantity of variable does are not available it should be indicated by NA or (-) hyphen.
4. Clarity = the table must be clear ad brief so that anybody can understand easily
5. Footnote= footnote should be given only if needed however if footnote is to be given it must bear same asterisk
6. Source of data = source of data must be noted at the foot of the table.
Ques.7) How many types of table?
1. Ans. According to purpose
(a) Journal purpose table.
(b) Special or specific purpose table.
2. According to originality.
(a) Original table ( based on primary data)
(b) Derived table( based on secondary data)
3. According to construction
(a) Simple or one way table.
(b) Complex table
(c) Double or two ways table
(d) Double or two ways table
(e) Trable table manifold table or multiple number
(i) Ascending or descending order.
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