Using formulas for data analysis in excel: Creating a grade point average calculator.

摘要

Nurse educators, administrators, and project managers are often required to analyze numerical data in an expeditious manner. For educators, frequent tasks include calculating grades and grade point averages (GPAs) and creating simple budgets for departments or grants. All of these can be automated and simplified with a technological solution. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft, Redmond, WA), an electronic spreadsheet software, is an easy-to-leaxn tool for organizing, displaying, and analyzing numbers. Excel can also perform the multiple calculations we frequently need in the workplace.