Textbooks for Responsible Data Analysis in Excel

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Abstract

With 27 million users, Excel (Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, WA) is the most common business data analysis software. However, audits show that almost all complex spreadsheets have errors. The author examined textbooks to understand why responsible data analysis is taught. A purposeful sample of 10 textbooks was coded, and then compared against spreadsheet development best practices. The results show a wide range of approaches, and reveal that none of the 10 books fully cover the methodologies needed to create well-rounded Excel data analysts. There is a need to re-evaluate the teaching approaches being used in office application courses.

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Garrett, N. (2015). Textbooks for Responsible Data Analysis in Excel. Journal of Education for Business, 90(4), 169–174. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2015.1007908

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