Data tables - what's column should be first?

1. What goes in the first column of a data table?
2. Which variable is listed first in a data table?
3. What do you call the first column in a table?

What goes in the first column of a data table?

The leftmost column should be reserved for your independent variable. For example, if you're researching how much rain fell in the past year, your independent variable would be the months of the year. Thus, your leftmost column would be labeled "Month" and the next column would be labeled "Rainfall."

Which variable is listed first in a data table?

In most data tables, the independent variable (the variable that you are testing or changing on purpose) will be in the column to the left and the dependent variable(s) will be across the top of the table.

What do you call the first column in a table?

The first column often presents information dimension description by which the rest of the table is navigated. This column is called "stub column".