Presentation of Data — Economics STD 11 Commerce — Question

Tabulation is the process of condensing classified data in the form of a table so that it may be more easily understood, and so that any comparison involved may be more readily made. -D. Gregory and H. Ward
It is a medium of communication of great economy and effectiveness for which ordinary prose is inadequate. In addition to its formation in simple presentation, the statistical table is also a useful tool of analysis. -D. W. Paden and E. F. Lindquist
In classification, data are separated and grouped based on a property of the data common to all values.

1. In tabulation, data is arranged into columns and rows based on characteristics/ properties, or indicators.
2. Tabulation often emphasize on the presentation aspects of the data, while classification is used as a means of sorting of data for further analysis.