Question

What are the characteristics of a statistical table?

Answer 1

Hint: Statistical table shows the given data in a convenient form of a table. It has the following components- table number, title of the table, column and row heading, main content or body. The data is entered in the rows and the result is written in the columns.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Statistical table contains following components-
Table number which identifies the table.
Title of the table telling us what the data is about.
Row and column heading in which data and result are entered respectively.
Main body which tells us the parameters’ data.
The statistical table’s main properties are as follows—
In a simpler way, it displays the probability distribution or the frequency distribution or some related parameter distribution.
 It illustrates the parameters' quantitative and qualitative qualities.
 Based on time periods, it can portray the data in a tabular form..
Probability distribution describes the possible values that a random variable takes within a given range. The frequency distribution is a representation of the number of observations in mutually exhaustive and mutually exclusive intervals.

Note: In statistics, we study the collection, analysis, presentation and interpretation of the given data. It can be used to represent both qualitative data which is descriptive and the quantitative data which is numerical. It is used in many areas like-
1.In Psychology to represent the data of experiment.
2.In Weather forecasting to study the pattern of temperatures and other climatic factors.
3.In Probability of different situations and conditions.