Definition:Table

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Definition

A table is a more or less informal array of data which is designed for ease of comprehension


Frequency Table

A frequency table is a table which contains a summary of the absolute or relative frequencies or both for a set of observations.


Precedence Table

A precedence table is a table used in an exercise of critical path analysis to present a list of:

the duration of each activity
the precedence of each activity.


Reference Table

A reference table is a set of pages, arranged usually in book form, containing arrays of (usually) numbers arranged in rows and columns for ease of look-up.

They have been generally superseded by computers now, but facility in their use is generally considered advantageous.


Cayley Table

A Cayley table is a technique for describing an algebraic structure (usually a finite group) by putting all the products in a square array:

$\qquad \begin {array} {c|cccc} \circ & a & b & c & d \\ \hline a & a & a & b & a \\ b & b & c & a & d \\ c & d & e & f & a \\ d & c & d & a & b \\ \end {array}$


Also see

  • Results about tables can be found here.