Data Interpretations Tables 3

Any statistical data pertaining to a situation ca be represented by tab;es. Tables are the easiest and most convenient form of representation if the data is reasonably limited.

Advantages

1) Tables present data logically

2) Tables give a bird's eye - view of the data in a concise and a compact manner thereby saving time and space

3) The rows and the columns, that constitute any table facilitate data comparison

4) Tables also facilitate analysis and informed decision - making

Disadvantages:

1) Even though questions asked in tables are quite easy many a times they consume lot of time. It is good to avoid that type of questions. Ex when for companies A, B, C and D no of cars sold over 2000 - 07 is given and asked to find which company sold maximum no of cars in that period? Even though it is quite easy we need to do addition operation many a times.

Example:

Profit (in Rs ‘000’) made by 6 different shopkeepers over the month

'Month'	OCTOBER   09	NOVEMBER   09	DECEMBER   09	JANUARY   10	FEBRUARY   10	MARCH   10
Shopkeeper
P	5.25	6.04	5.84	6.10	5.95	6.02
Q	4.84	4.28	4.97	4.88	5.04	5.12
R	4.99	5.82	5.48	5.45	5.68	5.36
S	5.06	5.11	5.28	5.38	5.44	5.59
T	5.28	4.96	5.31	5.69	4.93	5.72
U	5.94	6.23	5.87	6.07	6.19	6.23

1) Find the ratio of the profit earned by shopkeeper U in the months February 2010 and March 2010 together to that earned by Shopkeeper Q in the same months?

1) 508:621            2)521:637             3)621:508             4)637:512             5) None of these

2) Find the percent increase in the profit of shopkeeper S in the month of December 2009 over the previous month?

1) 3.33                   2) 2.18                   3) 2.67                   4) 3.15                   5) None of these

3) Which shopkeeper’s profit' kept increasing continuously over the given months?

1) U        2) T         3) Q        4) R        5) S

4) Find the difference in profit earned by shopkeeper T in January 2010 from the previous month?

1) 760                    2) 380                    3) 420                    4) 640                    5) None of these

5) Find the average profit earned by shopkeeper R in the months of October 2009 and November 2009 together?

1) 4950                  2) 4825                  3) 5040                  4)5405                   5) None of these