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WordPress posting

Basics and Sorting in Excel

Citybudget.xls

Review four corners:

1. Make a copy

2. Four corners test

3. Check the math

4. Excel and the Black cross copy function

5. Sorting

 

 

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Freeze Panes

Percentage Change

(New Number-Old Number)/Old Number *100

Question: Percentage Change on Citybudget.xls – Which Department Get The Biggest Raise?

Spreadsheet Formatting:

Cells  – Dollar Signs

Grid Lines

Add / Delete Columns

Exercise 2:

Analyzing Change

National Center for Education Statistics

Exercise 2 Tutorial

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

Gather Data for Univ of Arkansas

Main points:

Data gathering / cleaning from website

Formatting in Excel

Relabel

Tricky Sum Function

Calculate Percentage Change Between 2015-16 and 2016-17.

The percentage change 2013-2014 & 2016-2017

If you finish early, then start on homework, comparing University of Arkansas to University of Missouri at Columbia

HOMEWORK:

Complete Exercise #2 with Univ of Arkansas and Univ of Missouri at Columbia. Compare the two schools with these questions.

1) How much would an in-state student expect to pay in total tuition, room and board for the 2016-2017 school year? How has that changed in the last year on a percentage change basis?
2)How much would an out-of-state student expect to pay in total tuition, room and board for the 2016-2017 school year? How has that changed in the last year on a percentage change basis? How does that differ from in-state students?
4) Which category increased the most from the 2016-2017 school years? Raw change? Percent change?
5) Write a lead for a story based on your analysis.
6) What other information and/or sources would help you finish this story?

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