McGrath, Robert E., 1956-
Creating and verifying data sets with Excel / Robert E. McGrath - Los Angeles : SAGE, c2015. - xi, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Why this book? -- 2. Software options for entering data -- 3. An introduction to excel -- 4. Data transformations -- 5. Data entry and verification -- 6. Data import and verification -- 7. Exporting to statistical software -- 8. Final thoughts.
Accurate data entry and analysis can be deceptively labor-intensive and time-consuming. Creating and Verifying Data Sets with Excel is a focused, easy-to-read guide that gives readers the wherewithal to make use of a remarkable set of data tools tucked within Excel—tools most researchers are entirely unaware of. Robert E. McGrath’s book is the first to focus exclusively on Excel as a data entry system. It incorporates a number of learning tools such as screenshots, text boxes that summarize key points, examples from across the social sciences, tips for creating professional-looking tables, and questions at the end of each chapter. Providing practical strategies to improve and ease the processes of data entry, creation and analysis, this step-by-step guide is a brief, but invaluable resource for both students and researchers.
9781483331454
2013032919
Microsoft Excel (Computer file)
Statistics--Data processing
Microsoft Excel (Computer file)
QA276.45.M53 / M34 2015
519.50285/554
Creating and verifying data sets with Excel / Robert E. McGrath - Los Angeles : SAGE, c2015. - xi, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Why this book? -- 2. Software options for entering data -- 3. An introduction to excel -- 4. Data transformations -- 5. Data entry and verification -- 6. Data import and verification -- 7. Exporting to statistical software -- 8. Final thoughts.
Accurate data entry and analysis can be deceptively labor-intensive and time-consuming. Creating and Verifying Data Sets with Excel is a focused, easy-to-read guide that gives readers the wherewithal to make use of a remarkable set of data tools tucked within Excel—tools most researchers are entirely unaware of. Robert E. McGrath’s book is the first to focus exclusively on Excel as a data entry system. It incorporates a number of learning tools such as screenshots, text boxes that summarize key points, examples from across the social sciences, tips for creating professional-looking tables, and questions at the end of each chapter. Providing practical strategies to improve and ease the processes of data entry, creation and analysis, this step-by-step guide is a brief, but invaluable resource for both students and researchers.
9781483331454
2013032919
Microsoft Excel (Computer file)
Statistics--Data processing
Microsoft Excel (Computer file)
QA276.45.M53 / M34 2015
519.50285/554