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A Table
What is it?
A table is a compact and easy-to-understand method of 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 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.
| 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 to describe a problem.
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