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Data Table

numerical facts.
They enahlo th.
represent a set of
magazines and
newspapers to
easiest and most accurate way of presenting the
reports, one of the
Tables are often used in quick
Conclusions. It is
comparisons andto draw charts.
make than graphs or
require much closer reading
about the Table to understand.
The adyz
General Points information easier
make complicated
purpose of tables is to a glance.
One of the main
can see the information at subject of the t
presenting the data in a
table is that one
have a title to let the reader know the unit of :
alltables form cellls, the basic
has several features in common. First, and columns intersect to
Atable These rows
rows and columns.
consist of a series of
cellsgoing vertically
which a piece ofdata is placed. horizontally across the table. A column is aseries of One can easuy
cellsgoing
Arowisaseries ofdescribing column and the cell that contains the data.
the row and which touus
across the table by data is. A whole table with the crossed lines
particular piece of
and conclude where a as a grid.
columns is sometimes referred to columns represent
different values of the discrete variables, while the
Normally, the rows represent the
continuous variables. tao-
carefully. Thetitle ofthe
read the table title and the column headings te
While answering the questions based on tables, presented. The
column headings fornd
often the purpose of the information
will give you a general idea of thetype and
' s t r a i g h t

usually very
and the column headings areeu
soecitic kind of information given in that column. Both the tabletitle

To Interpret the Data Given in a Table

Tre 1abie aven below is Coristructed to organize different data of a company for five consecutive years.
Numberof
Sales
Revenue Expenditure Gross Profit Net Proft (Number of
E m p l o y o e s

Years (in crore) (in crore) (in crore) (in ? crore) units)
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
colum

in the atoe tatle, the discrele variabie is the year and its five values are 2007. 2008. 2009, of the
2010 and
Cantinuous variable with its own unit. The intersection of a row and a colurnn epresents the value of 2011 Eacn
variables

the continuou