There are no hard and fast rules for preparing a statistical table. Prof. Bowley has rightly pointed out “In collection and tabulation, common sense is the chief requisite and experience is the chief teacher.” However, the following points should be borne in mind while preparing a table.
The principal objectives of tabulation are : When data are arranged systematically in a table, such data become more meaningful and can be easily understood.
The systematic and orderly arrangement of facts and figures in columns and rows is called tabulation. The horizontal arrangements are called rows and the vertical arrangements are called columns. The followings are the different parts of a statistical table:-