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• Excel 1

  Start learning basic calculation and sorting with Microsoft Excel. Learn how to format your data, rank and sort numbers and filter information.

  Tags: Microsoft Excel; software; calculation; sorting; formatting; filtering; data: CAR

  By Linda Johnson

  2013

• Digging Deeper with Statistics

  LaFleur discusses various types of statistics, including how to calculate and interpret them. She also reviews the differences between dichotomous data, ordinal data and continuous data, and what statisics are appropriate for each kind.

  Tags: statistics; math; calculations; gini coefficient; data analysis

  By Jennifer LaFleur

  2008

• Statistics For the Newsroom

  This comprehensive guide to incorporating statistics into a story is a good refresher for seasoned reporters and a great introduction to CAR newbies. LaFleur covers different types of data, different forms of analysis (mean, median, regression, rank, correlation, etc), ideas for beat reporters, and instructions for calculating indexes.

  Tags: statistics; beat reporting; data analysis; math

  By Jennifer LaFleur

  2008

• Excel for beginners: Geek Glossary

  This tipsheet explains some basic Microsoft Excel functions, such as "sum" and "percent of total." Cervantes explains not only how to do these calculations, but also how to use them to enhance your reporting.

  Tags: data analysis; Excel; spreadsheet; mean; median; mode; average; computer-assisted reporting

  By Danielle Cervantes

  2006

• Advanced Internet: Google Tricks, Deep Web, and Resurrecting the Dead

  This tipsheet is a good guide to getting the most out of internet searches. The author discusses various sorts of Google searches, as well as tricks for the Google advanced search. Finally, the tipsheet reviews the other services offered by google, such as a calculator and a lyric finder.

  Tags: search engines; deep web; invisible web; research

  By M.J. Crowley

  2006

• Eight Safeguards: A Stats Checklist

  This tipsheet lists eight things to consider when incorporating statistics into your reporting. It covers everything from doing the work to lurking variables. Hacker and Donald give an in-depth explanation and examples for each piece of advice.

  Tags: statistics; math; calculations; skewed data; mean; median; mode; Excel; analysis; numbers; SPSS

  By Holly Hacker, David Donald

  2005

• Skills and Knowledge Checklist for Excel

  This tipsheet lists everything that a journalist would ever need to know in order to use Microsoft Excel. It covers everything from basic terminology to data formatting, data design and data calculation. Wolfe explains the most important and complicated functions, and lists other helpful tricks.

  Tags: spreadsheets; calculations; filtering data; formula; worksheet; toolbar.

  By Debbie Wolfe

  2005

• Newsroom Math Crib Sheet

  This tipsheet explains how to do basic math calculations, like convert a fraction into a decimal, use percentages and calculate the effect of inflation. There are ten different function on the tipsheet, and each one can make reporting with numbers a lot easier.

  Tags: math; fractions; percentages; statistics; calculations

  By Steve Doig

  2005

• Stats for stories: Some pluses and minuses that may divide you from multiples of other journalists

  This tipsheet gives an outline of basic and advanced statistics tools. It includes simple ways of calculating percentages to regression analysis.

  Tags: statistics; databases; regression; averages; median; mode; indexes

  By Jennifer LaFleur

  2005

• My Favorite (Excel) Things

  This tipsheet covers some of the more advanced tricks you can do with Microsoft Excel. It includes formulas for searching for only one piece of data, ranking data, wildcard searches and calculating ages. The last page of the tipsheet is a list of helpful shortcuts.

  Tags: data; excel; spreadsheets; datedif; string functions; IF statements

  By MaryJo Sylwester

  2004