Data Analysis Tool In Excel For Mac
Perhaps the most common Data Analysis tool that you’ll use in Excel is the one for calculating descriptive statistics. To see how this works, take a look at this worksheet. It summarizes sales data for a book publisher.
In column A, the worksheet shows the suggested retail price (SRP). In column B, the worksheet shows the units sold of each book through one popular bookselling outlet. You might choose to use the Descriptive Statistics tool to summarize this data set.
To calculate descriptive statistics for the data set, follow these steps:
StatPlus:mac Pro allows Microsoft Excel for Mac users to perform all forms of data analysis from the very basics to complex analysis, including as non-parametric and regression analysis, survival analysis, and a wide variety of other methods. The button will open the Data Analysis dialog, which offers access to a variety of analysis tools. Quick Analysis is a similar set of tools available in Excel 2013. See Microsoft documentation for more information. It applies to Excel 2013 and Excel 2016.
Click the Data tab’s Data Analysis command button to tell Excel that you want to calculate descriptive statistics.
Excel displays the Data Analysis dialog box.
In Data Analysis dialog box, highlight the Descriptive Statistics entry in the Analysis Tools list and then click OK.
Excel displays the Descriptive Statistics dialog box.
In the Input section of the Descriptive Statistics dialog box, identify the data that you want to describe.
To identify the data that you want to describe statistically: Click the Input Range text box and then enter the worksheet range reference for the data. In the case of the example worksheet, the input range is $A$1:$C$38. Note that Excel wants the range address to use absolute references — hence, the dollar signs.
To make it easier to see or select the worksheet range, click the worksheet button at the right end of the Input Range text box. When Excel hides the Descriptive Statistics dialog box, select the range that you want by dragging the mouse. Then click the worksheet button again to redisplay the Descriptive Statistics dialog box.
To identify whether the data is arranged in columns or rows: Select either the Columns or the Rows radio button.
To indicate whether the first row holds labels that describe the data: Select the Labels in First Row check box. In the case of the example worksheet, the data is arranged in columns, and the first row does hold labels, so you select the Columns radio button and the Labels in First Row check box.
In the Output Options area of the Descriptive Statistics dialog box, describe where and how Excel should produce the statistics.
To indicate where the descriptive statistics that Excel calculates should be placed: Choose from the three radio buttons here — Output Range, New Worksheet Ply, and New Workbook. Typically, you place the statistics onto a new worksheet in the existing workbook. To do this, simply select the New Worksheet Ply radio button.
To identify what statistical measures you want calculated: Use the Output Options check boxes. Select the Summary Statistics check box to tell Excel to calculate statistical measures such as mean, mode, and standard deviation. Select the Confidence Level for Mean check box to specify that you want a confidence level calculated for the sample mean.
Note: If you calculate a confidence level for the sample mean, you need to enter the confidence level percentage into the text box provided. Use the Kth Largest and Kth Smallest check boxes to indicate you want to find the largest or smallest value in the data set.
After you describe where the data is and how the statistics should be calculated, click OK. Here are the statistics that Excel calculates.
Statistic Description Mean Shows the arithmetic mean of the sample data. Standard Error Shows the standard error of the data set (a measure of the
difference between the predicted value and the actual value).Median Shows the middle value in the data set (the value that
separates the largest half of the values from the smallest half of
the values).Mode Shows the most common value in the data set. Standard Deviation Shows the sample standard deviation measure for the data
set.Sample Variance Shows the sample variance for the data set (the squared
standard deviation).Kurtosis Shows the kurtosis of the distribution. Skewness Shows the skewness of the data set’s distribution. Range Shows the difference between the largest and smallest values in
the data set.Minimum Shows the smallest value in the data set. Maximum Shows the largest value in the data set. Sum Adds all the values in the data set together to calculate the
sum.Count Counts the number of values in a data set. Largest(X) Shows the largest X value in the data set. Smallest(X) Shows the smallest X value in the data set. Confidence Level(X) Percentage Shows the confidence level at a given percentage for the data
set values.
Here is a new worksheet with the descriptive statistics calculated.
If you need to develop complex statistical or engineering analyses, you can save steps and time by using the Analysis ToolPak. You provide the data and parameters for each analysis, and the tool uses the appropriate statistical or engineering macro functions to calculate and display the results in an output table. Some tools generate charts in addition to output tables.
The data analysis functions can be used on only one worksheet at a time. When you perform data analysis on grouped worksheets, results will appear on the first worksheet and empty formatted tables will appear on the remaining worksheets. To perform data analysis on the remainder of the worksheets, recalculate the analysis tool for each worksheet.
Click the File tab, click Options, and then click the Add-Ins category.
If you're using Excel 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Excel Options
In the Manage box, select Excel Add-ins and then click Go.
If you're using Excel for Mac, in the file menu go to Tools > Excel Add-ins.
In the Add-Ins box, check the Analysis ToolPak check box, and then click OK.
If Analysis ToolPak is not listed in the Add-Ins available box, click Browse to locate it.
If you are prompted that the Analysis ToolPak is not currently installed on your computer, click Yes to install it.
Note: To include Visual Basic for Application (VBA) functions for the Analysis ToolPak, you can load the Analysis ToolPak - VBA Add-in the same way that you load the Analysis ToolPak. In the Add-ins available box, select the Analysis ToolPak - VBA check box.
Note: The Analysis ToolPak is not available for Excel for Mac 2011. See I can't find the Analysis ToolPak in Excel for Mac 2011 for more information.
Follow these steps to load the Analysis ToolPak in Excel 2016 for Mac:
Click the Tools menu, and then click Excel Add-ins.
In the Add-Ins available box, select the Analysis ToolPak check box, and then click OK.
If Analysis ToolPak is not listed in the Add-Ins available box, click Browse to locate it.
If you get a prompt that the Analysis ToolPak is not currently installed on your computer, click Yes to install it.
Quit and restart Excel.
Now the Data Analysis command is available on the Data tab.
I can't find the Analysis ToolPak in Excel for Mac 2011
There are a few third-party add-ins that provide Analysis ToolPak functionality for Excel 2011.
Option 1: Download the XLSTAT add-on statistical software for Mac and use it in Excel 2011. XLSTAT contains more than 200 basic and advanced statistical tools that include all of the Analysis ToolPak features.
Go to the XLSTAT download page.
Select the XLSTAT version that matches your Mac OS and download it.
Follow the MAC OS installation instructions.
Open the Excel file that contains your data and click on the XLSTAT icon to launch the XLSTAT toolbar.
For 30 days, you'll have access to all XLSTAT functions. After 30 days you will be able to use the free version that includes the Analysis ToolPak functions, or order one of the more complete solutions of XLSTAT.
Option 2: Download StatPlus:mac LE for free from AnalystSoft, and then use StatPlus:mac LE with Excel 2011.
You can use StatPlus:mac LE to perform many of the functions that were previously available in the Analysis ToolPak, such as regressions, histograms, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and t-tests.
Visit the AnalystSoft Web site, and then follow the instructions on the download page.
After you have downloaded and installed StatPlus:mac LE, open the workbook that contains the data that you want to analyze.
Open StatPlus:mac LE. The functions are located on the StatPlus:mac LE menus.
Important:
Excel 2011 does not include Help for XLStat or StatPlus:mac LE. Help for XLStat is provided by XLSTAT. Help for StatPlus:mac LE is provided by AnalystSoft.
Microsoft does not provide support for either product.
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