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Wednesday, September 5,  2001

6:30-7:15 pm 

General Questions and Problems from the Audience

Puzzler:
  Assume you have a workbook where each sheet contains the budget for a department.   There are many sheets.   You want to create a "Summary Sheet" that lists each department and their budget totals.    How do you summarize from many sheets onto one? 
7:15-8:00 pm Linear Regression, Multiple Linear Regression, Non-linear regression.     (Rasey)
Performing Regression with: 
   Chart Trendlnes and Error Bars.
    Regression in the Analysis ToolPak, and the 
    LINEST, TREND, LOGEST, GROWTH  functions.

8:00-8:10 pm

(Break) 
8:10-9:00 pm Star Office:  An overview of a FREE alternative to Microsoft Office.    (Cherry)
StarOffice from Sun Microsystems is a suite of programs containing Word Process, Spreadsheets, Presentation.   Plus support for Web Page Creation, 3D Graphic and more.
See more at: http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/

(Alternative Topic)
Where are the best places to go find Excel and Office help on the Web?  A tour of some very useful web resources and on-line communities.   

Download files for this meeting: (ZIP 59KB)
Contains Notes1.doc and LinReg3.xls

Excel Chart with Error Bars and Chart Trend Line

Related Links:

Linear Regression:

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Linear Regression Using MS Excel
http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/lfu/courses/cive342/cive342_econ/regression/sld001.htm
[A good primer on the procedure for setting up a regression of a non-linear formula by transforming into a linear formula through the use of logs. - Rasey]

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Essential Regression and Experimental Design, Free Software for Excel that performs Multiple Linear Regression
Essential Regression and Experimental Design in MS Excel - free, user-friendly software package for doing multiple linear regression, step-wise regression, polynomial regression, model adequacy checking and experimental design in MS Excel
http://geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/1032/CGPage1.html

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Excel Instructions main menu: KSU.EDU.  http://www.ksu.edu/stats/tch/malone/computers/excel/
[Covers:  Regression, Smoothing, Corelation, Hypothesis Testing, and more. - Rasey]
Excel Instructions - Simple Linear Regression
...Multiple Linear Regression    [A tutorial of the Tools > Data Analysis > Regression Dialog box - Rasey]

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Linear Regression and Graphing
Trendlines and Graphing By Joseph F. Lomax, with the assistance of ENS Lora Anderson, revised from the tutorial by Wayne Pearson and John Schultz: all of the Chemistry Department, USNA. Part III: An Exercise in Trendlines and Graphing 
http://chem.mathsci.usna.edu/plebechem/excel_tutor/xlstut3.htm 

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