Is Microsoft Excel 2003 ready for the statistics classroom?

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 27-35

  Apigian, Charles H ^a   Gambill, Stanley E ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business statistics courses; Excel 2003; Minitab; SPSS; Statistics

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS STATISTICS COURSE; EXCEL 2003; MINITAB; SPSS;

BENCHMARKING; DATA REDUCTION; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 13844256518     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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