The data below are a subset of the Resale dataset provided with the software. This (computer simulated) data. gives the selling price, the number of bedrooms, the total square footage (finished and unfinished), and the size of. the lots for 150 residential properties sold during the last four months in two states.
Many Excel users are not familiar with, or are intimidated by Pivot Tables, one of the most powerful features in Excel. This page describes elementary Pivot Tables. A pivot table is a great reporting tool that sorts and sums independent of the original data layout in the spreadsheet.
1.3 Pivot Tables. The ability to summarise data in tables is very important. Excel's pivot tables are very powerful and are an area that is better in Excel than in many statistics packages. It is underused, even by those who use Excel for other statistical work.