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Subject: Re: [office-formula] Include user interface?
Dan Bricklin wrote: > As I understand it, the vast majority (and I mean vast) of > spreadsheets use very little of this functionality. Some simple > arithmetic MAYBE plus the SUM function. References to cells sometimes, > and much less frequently to cells on related sheets. Very few use > variables. Is this true? Do we have a real survey? I heard that Lotus > did one many years ago, is there anything new or at least access to > that data? I think you're referring to Chan and Storey 1996, “The use of spreadsheets in organizations: determinants and consequences,” Information and Management ** <http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/03787206;jsessionid=4besncvmjh4j1.victoria>Volume 31, Number 3, December 1996, pp. 119-134(16). Publisher is Elsevier Science. It's not open access, so I don't know the details; can anyone get a copy to can report on it? Some open access info: http://sprig.section.informs.org/sprigfiles/INFORMS05_09.ppt http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/spreadsheet/ Alternatively, someone could try to download all spreadsheet files available on the web, and find out what functions and operators are in use. I believe it's correct that many users would be happy with an even a smaller set basic set. But I'd like to find the data so we can have a RATIONALE for picking some other set, if we're to create a smaller subset. --- David A. Wheeler
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