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Computer program for working with tabular data
A spreadsheet is a computer application for computation, organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. Spreadsheets were developed as computerized analogs of paper accounting worksheets. The program operates on data entered in cells of a table. Each cell may contain either numeric or text data, or the results of formulas that automatically calculate and display a value based on the contents of other cells. The term spreadsheet may also refer to one such electronic document. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SpreadsheetA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Determining the statistical significance of the difference between arbitrary curves: A spreadsheet methodInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Basic business statisticsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Flipping the classroom and instructional technology integration in a college-level information systems spreadsheet courseCited 601 times
- Go sideways: Lotus ImprovA closely related topic
- Go sideways: VisiCalcA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.
Noun A document created with such an application.
Noun A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.
Verb To model or compute by means of a spreadsheet.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Flipping the classroom and instructional technology integration in a college-level information systems spreadsheet course
Meta-analyses and Forest plots using a microsoft excel spreadsheet: step-by-step guide focusing on descriptive data analysis
Tutorial review. Calculating standard deviations and confidence intervals with a universally applicable spreadsheet technique
Network Externalities in Microcomputer Software: An Econometric Analysis of the Spreadsheet Market
A step-by-step guide to non-linear regression analysis of experimental data using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
HokieFlincs_H2O-NaCl : A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for interpreting microthermometric data from fluid inclusions based on the PVTX properties of H 2 O–NaCl
An Excel spreadsheet to classify chemical analyses of amphiboles following the IMA 2012 recommendations
The Adoption of Spreadsheet Software: Testing Innovation Diffusion Theory in the Context of End-User Computing
🆕 Influential since 2022
Determining the statistical significance of the difference between arbitrary curves: A spreadsheet method
Evaluation of the economic impact of classical and African swine fever epidemics using OutCosT, a new spreadsheet‐based tool
A simple procedure to detect, test for the presence of stuttering, and cure stuttered data with spreadsheet programs
Enhancing terpene and other plant volatiles analysis – A free spreadsheet tool “Retentify” for GC–MS data processing
Spreadsheet quality assurance: a literature review
📚 Books worth reading
Basic business statisticsMark L. Berenson · 1979- 📕Mastering ExcelMark Moore · 2013
Excel formulas & functions for dummiesKen Bluttman · 2005
Microsoft Excel functions & formulasBernd Held · 2006
Microsoft Excel 2000H. Albert Napier, Philip J. Judd · 1999- 📕Electronic spreadsheet applications for accounting principlesGaylord N. Smith, Smithh01a1includes01a73a · 1986
Excel Workbook For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))Greg Harvey, Paul McFedries · 2006
Spreadsheet modeling and decision analysisCliff T. Ragsdale · 1995
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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