On the accuracy of statistical procedures in Microsoft Excel 97

On the accuracy of statistical procedures in Microsoft Excel 97

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Article ID: iaor20003855
Country: United States
Volume: 31
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 27
End Page Number: 37
Publication Date: Jul 1999
Journal: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
Authors: ,
Keywords: spreadsheets
Abstract:

The reliability of statistical procedures in Excel are assessed in three areas: estimation (both linear and nonlinear); random number generation; and statistical distributions (e.g., for calculating p- values). Excel’s performance in all three areas is found to be inadequate. Persons desiring to conduct statistical analyses of data are advised not to use Excel.

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