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Excel is the most common statistical analysis package on the planet, bar-none. When you need to deliver code to people who are numerate but don't program then

Excel is the most common statistical analysis package on the planet, bar-none. When you need to deliver code to people who are numerate but don't program then Excel is the best thing to use. Sometimes you just need to give someone (a manager) a tool where they can test out a bunch of different scenarios but you don't have time to make a polished application. Even for "big data" applications sometimes seeing the numbers in front of you in cells is quite useful.

elchief 14y ago
Yes, it is popular, but that doesn't make it good for statistical analysis. It also sucks compared to JMP. On the accuracy of statistical procedures in Microsoft Excel 2007 http://or.nps.edu/faculty/PaulSanchez/oa4333/handouts/Excel/excel2007.pdf http://or.nps.edu/faculty/PaulSanchez/oa4333/handouts/Excel/...