\begin{table}%t1
\caption{\label{tab1}Data selected for the present analysis.}
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\begin{tabular}{lccc}
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Data&References &No. of  stars selected&Data set
\\ 
\hline
RR Lyrae \\ 
$I$ band  (LMC RRab) & Soszy\'nski  et~al. (\cite{Sosz03}) & 5835&IA\\
$I$ band  (LMC RRc) & Soszy\'nski  et~al. (\cite{Sosz03})  &1751&IB\\
\hline
 Fundamental Cepheids\\   
$I$ band  (LMC)  &Soszy\'nski  et~al.(\cite{Sosz08}) &  1804&IIA\\
$V$ band  (LMC) &Martin et~al. (\cite{Mart79})& 6&IIB \\
$V$ band  (LMC+SMC) & Moffett et~al. (\cite{Moffe98})&13+6&IIC \\  \hline
Overtone Cepheids \\  
$I$ band  (LMC) &Soszy\'nski  et~al. (\cite{Sosz08}) &1228&III\\ \hline
Mira Variables \\ 
$V$ band&\url{http://archive.princeton.edu/~asas/} & 2878&IV \\\hline
Eclipsing Binary \\ 
$I$ band (LMC) &Wyrzykowski et~al. (\cite{Wyrz03}) & 2681 & VA\\
$I$ band (SMC)&Wyrzykowski et~al. (\cite{Wyrz04})& 1404 &VB \\
\hline 
\end{tabular}
\end{table}