Query survey data (Advanced level)
As an educator, your class could have conducted a survey while on a field trip or doing a science experiment. The data is descriptive data which can be interpreted in many different ways. You have already entered data in a spreadsheet, and would like them to analyze this data in a dynamic and flexible manner by means of a pivot table in Microsoft Excel.
By the end of this task you could achieve the following outcomes:
- Analyze and manipulate text and numeric data in a dynamic way
- Create a graph which allows you to represent your data visually in a dynamic way
Create your own pivot table – one which you will find useful. Alternatively, follow this example. To do so you would typically work through the following steps:
| 1. | Start Microsoft Excel. See how » |
| 2. | Enter data: Insert the data which your class has obtained from their research. Give each column a heading, and make sure there are no blank rows or columns in between your data. See how » |
| 3. | Create a pivot table: Use your data to create a pivot table on a new sheet. See how » |
| 4. | Query a pivot table: Choose one of your variables (generated from the column headings) to count; this should be a text item, not a number. See how » |
| 5. | Create a pivot chart: Create a chart, and experiment with different kinds of chart, and dragging the fields to graph different fields. See how » |
| 6. | Save the worksheet. See how » |
If the tip sheets do not help you seek further support in the forum:
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