Creating and verifying data sets with Excel /
By: McGrath, Robert E
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BookPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2015.Description: xi, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781483331454Subject(s): Statistics -- Data processing | Microsoft Excel (Computer file) | Microsoft Excel (Computer file)DDC classification: 519.50285/554 | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai PHD Shelf | 519.50285554 MC CR (Browse shelf) | Available | T0051731 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.