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Table
What is it?
A table is a compact and easy-to-understand format for graphically organizing
data.
Who uses it?
The team members, the managers.
Why use it?
If you have a lot of data to present, organizing it in a table makes it
easier for the viewer to understand.
When to use it?
When you need to present data in a simplified, organized way, such as for a
presentation or a report.
How to use it:
- Count up your data, and then summarize the data according to the
categories or variables you are interested in. For example, the number of
users treated in a health center can be categorized by age, gender, type of
contraceptive used, type of illness, etc. In the example below, the categories
we are interested in are gender and status (inpatient/outpatient).
- Create a table with columns and rows. Sum up the categories. Totals will
be at the right and bottom margins (edges) of the table.
- Each column and row has a label.
- All the totals in the margins (edges) of the table should add up to the
total in the lower right box of the table.
Example:
Number of patients seen at Town Hospital on January 24, broken out
by gender and inpatient/outpatient status.
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Inpatient |
Outpatient |
Total |
| Male |
10 |
50 |
60 |
| Female |
25 |
75 |
100 |
| Total |
35 |
125 |
160 |
Example:
Here is an example of a table being used in data
collection and analysis.
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