Comparison between Classification and Tabulation:-
The following points may be given as comparison:
- Classification and Tabulation are not two distinct processes. Before tabulation, data are classified and then displayed under different columns and rows of a table.
- Classification is the process of arranging the data in to groups or classes according to common characteristics possessed by the items of the data; Whereas Tabulation is a process of systematic arrangement of the classified data in rows and columns, in the form of a table.
- Table contains precise and accurate information, where as classification gives only a classified groups of data.
- Classification reduces the size of the data and brings the similarities together and tabulation facilitates comparison, reveal the trend and tendencies of the data.
