TY  - JOUR
AB  - Undertakes a comparative study of the statistical capability of three
spreadsheets which are commonly used in the business sector. The
spreadsheets considered are Lotus 1‐2‐3, Microsoft Excel and Quattro
Pro. Considers five areas of statistical analysis regularly used by
business decision makers (rather than specialist personnel). In order to
obtain an objective measure of the statistical provision of each
spreadsheet, comparison has also been made with dedicated statistical
software regularly used by business decision makers, namely MINITAB. By
making this comparison, argues that the spreadsheet is not only a tool
for analysis, but also for presentation. Moreover, considers that two
spreadsheets in particular, namely Excel and Quattro Pro, offer a
user‐friendly statistical provision which should be sufficient for most
business decision makers.
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SN  - 0957-6053
DO  - 10.1108/09576059410057156
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09576059410057156
AU  - Robson Andrew
PY  - 1994
Y1  - 1994/01/01
TI  - Statistical Analysis with a Spreadsheet: A Comparison of Software
T2  - Logistics Information Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 12
EP  - 17
Y2  - 2024/05/07
ER  -