Task: Table-QA (source dataset: TableBench)

Task: 
You are given a table containing structured data and a natural language question referring to the table. Your goal is to analyze the table and provide an accurate and concise answer based on the given data.

Instructions:
1. Understand the Table: Examine the structure, headers, and data in the table. Identify relevant columns and rows related to the question.
2. Interpret the Question: Determine whether the question requires direct retrieval, aggregation, comparison, sorting, filtering, or inference.
3. Extract the Answer: Use logical reasoning and numerical operations (if necessary) to derive the correct response from the table.
4. Format the Answer: No explanation, return the answer in a structured JSON format: {"answer": <answer>}. If the question cannot be answered due to missing or ambiguous data, return a JSON response with {"answer": null}.

Table:
| institution                                   | location     |   established |   gained university status | vice - chancellor                  |   total number of students |   research funding (000) |
|:----------------------------------------------|:-------------|--------------:|---------------------------:|:-----------------------------------|---------------------------:|-------------------------:|
| birkbeck , university of london               | london       |          1823 |                       1920 | professor david latchman           |                      19020 |                     9985 |
| university of east anglia                     | norwich      |          1963 |                       1963 | professor edward acton             |                      19585 |                    16482 |
| university of essex                           | colchester   |          1964 |                       1964 | professor anthony forster          |                      11690 |                     9967 |
| goldsmiths , university of london             | london       |          1891 |                       1904 | dr pat loughrey                    |                       7615 |                     8539 |
| institute of education , university of london | london       |          1902 |                       1932 | professor chris husbands           |                       7215 |                     7734 |
| university of lancaster                       | lancaster    |          1964 |                       1964 | professor mark smith               |                      12695 |                    18640 |
| university of leicester                       | leicester    |          1921 |                       1957 | professor robert burgess           |                      16160 |                    22225 |
| loughborough university                       | loughborough |          1909 |                       1966 | professor robert allison           |                      17825 |                    22398 |
| royal holloway , university of london         | egham        |          1849 |                       1900 | professor paul layzell (principal) |                       7620 |                    13699 |
| soas , university of london                   | london       |          1916 |                       1916 | professor paul webley              |                       4525 |                     7238 |
| university of sussex                          | brighton     |          1961 |                       1961 | professor michael farthing         |                      12415 |                    16196 |

Question:
Which university has the highest research funding, and how does it compare to the university with the lowest research funding?


id: 2db548f48fdb4c88e453aa5013ee9448
qtype: NumericalReasoning
label: Loughborough University，15,160,000