The Oxford English dictionary defines a table as "a set of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns".
Three main types of tables I distinguish (although variations on these exist) are:
- Frequency tables
- Grouped frequency tables
- Contingency tables
Example of a Frequency Table
Gender
|
Frequency
|
Female
|
28
|
Male
|
21
|
A grouped frequency table is similar as a frequency table but now the data has
been grouped into classes, to avoid long tables. Table
3
shows and example of a grouped frequency table.
Table 3
Example of a Grouped Frequency Table
A contingency table (or cross table) shows two variables; one in the rows and the other in the columns as for example shown in Table 4.
Table 4
Example of a Cross Table
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Table 3
Example of a Grouped Frequency Table
Income
|
Frequency
|
0 < 10
|
8
|
10 < 20
|
12
|
20 < 50
|
22
|
50 or more
|
5
|
A contingency table (or cross table) shows two variables; one in the rows and the other in the columns as for example shown in Table 4.
Table 4
Example of a Cross Table
Gender
| ||
Income
|
Female
|
Male
|
0 < 10
|
4
|
6
|
10 < 20
|
8
|
12
|
20 < 50
|
10
|
13
|
50 or more
|
7
|
5
|
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