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Classification and Tabulation of Data

                                               Cla s sificatio n : T h e c o ll ecte d da t a , a l s o k n o w n a s ra w da t a o r u n gr o uped da t a a r e a l wa y s i n an un o rgan i sed f o rm a n d n eed to b e o r gan i sed a n d   prese n t ed   i n m ea n i n g f ul a n d   read il y c o m prehe n s i b l e   f o rm i n o rder   t o   f ac i li t a t e   f ur t h er   s t a t i s t i cal   a n a ly s i s.      It   i s,   t h ere f o re, e s s e n t i a l f o r a n i nv e s t i gat o r t o co n de n s e a m a s s o f dat a i n t o m o re a n d m o re c o m prehe n s i b l e a n d a s s i mil a b l e f o r m .     T h e pr o ce s s of gr o up i n g i n t o   d iff eren t c l asse s o r su b c l asse s acc o rd i n g t o   s o m e c h arac t er i s t i c s   i s   k n o w n a s   c l ass i f i ca t i o n ,   t a b u l a t i o n i s c o n cerned w i t h t h e s y s t e m a t i c arrange m e n t a n d prese n