Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act or process of arranging data in a table: "Tabulation" refers to the systematic organization of information into rows and columns to make it easier to read, compare, and analyze.
   • The product or result of this process: "Tabulation" can also refer to the table itself, which is the formatted presentation of the data.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The tabulation of the survey results took several hours. (The process of arranging the survey data into a table format required several hours.)
  • Please refer to the tabulation on page five for a detailed breakdown. (Please look at the formatted table on page five for a detailed breakdown.)

Advanced Usage

• "Data tabulation": The specific process of organizing raw data into a structured table.
  • Data tabulation is a crucial first step in statistical analysis.
• "Cross-tabulation": A specific method of tabulating data to show the relationship between two or more variables.
  • The report included a cross-tabulation of age groups against product preferences.

Variants and Related Words

• Tabulate (verb): To arrange data in a tabular form.
  • We need to tabulate these figures before the meeting.
• Tabular (adjective): Having the form of, or presented in, a table.
  • The data is presented in a tabular format.

Synonyms

• Charting: Representing data in a graphical or tabular form.
• Systematization: The act of arranging something according to a system.

Related Phrases

• "Tabulation of votes": The process of counting and recording votes in an organized summary.
  • The tabulation of votes confirmed the winner.

Noun

1. the act of putting into tabular form
   • the tabulation of the results
2. information set out in tabular form