ABSTRACT
While, therefore, tabulation is a final process, the formulation of the scheme of tabulation should be the initial process, preceding even the formulation of the schedule, which should be determined by the character of the tables to be produced. Failure to observe this fundamental principle in statistical practice, perhaps more than any other characteristic, distinguishes the work of the amateur from that of the expert, the work of the untrained social investigator from that of the experienced scientific statistician.
