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Analysing Data in A Spreadsheet Class X Kips Information Technology Book

The document defines key data analysis terms including Consolidate function, What-if analysis, and Goal Seek, explaining their purposes in data summarization and manipulation. It contrasts Subtotal with What-if scenario and tool, highlighting their different uses in data analysis. Additionally, it lists advantages of data analysis tools, names specific tools, outlines criteria for consolidating sheets, and identifies the Group and Outline tool for creating data outlines.

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Analysing Data in A Spreadsheet Class X Kips Information Technology Book

The document defines key data analysis terms including Consolidate function, What-if analysis, and Goal Seek, explaining their purposes in data summarization and manipulation. It contrasts Subtotal with What-if scenario and tool, highlighting their different uses in data analysis. Additionally, it lists advantages of data analysis tools, names specific tools, outlines criteria for consolidating sheets, and identifies the Group and Outline tool for creating data outlines.

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Answer the following questions

Question 1.
Define the terms:
Consolidate function
What-if analysis
Goal seek

Answer:
Consolidate Functions:
Consolidate is a function used to combine information from
multiple sheets of the spreadsheet into one place to
summarize the information. It is used to view and compare
variety of data in a single spreadsheet for identifying trends
and relationships
What-if analysis
What-if tool uses Data > Multiple Operations and is a planning
tool for what-if questions.
In this, the output is not shown in the same cells, whereas it
uses a drop-down list to display the output depending upon
the input.
The what-if analysis tool uses two arrays of cells, one array
contains the input values and the second array uses the
formula and display the result.

Goal Seek
Goal Seek helps in finding out the input for the specific output.
It means you can discover what values will produce the result
that you want.

Question 2:
Give one point of difference between
Subtotal, What-if scenario and What-if tool
Answer:
Subtotal :
The Subtotal tool in Calc creates the group automatically and
applies common functions like sum, and average on the
grouped data. One can use any type of summary function for
each column as per the requirement of data analysis.

What-if Scenario and What-if tool


What-if scenario is used to explore and compare various
alternatives depending on changing conditions. It can be used
in the beginning of any project to optimize the output. This
tool is used to predict the output while changing the inputs
which reacts the output and thus one can choose the best
plan of action based on it.

What-if tool uses Data > Multiple Operations and is a planning


tool for what-if questions. This tool uses two arrays of cells,
one array contains the input values and the second array
uses the formula and displays the result. A what-if analysis
tool is very helpful when we want to know how much pro t
we earn for a particular product for a series of selling units.

Question 3:
Give any two advantages of data analysis tools.
Answer: Advantages of data analysis tools:
Data analysis tool is used to retrieve, correlate, explore, and
visualize the data. Data analysis tool is used to identify
patterns, trends, and relationships.
Data analysis tool is used to analyse the data and interpret
the result from it.

Question 4:
Name any two tools for data analysis.
Answer: Tools used for data analysis are
Consolidating Data Groups and Subtotals What-if Scenarios
Goal Seek
What-if Analysis Tool

Question 5:
What are the criteria for consolidating sheets?
Answer: Criteria for Consolidation Sheets are
Open each sheet in the spreadsheet and check that the data
types match which you want to consolidate. Match the labels
from all the sheets which are used for consolidating.
Enter the first column as the primary column based on which
the data is to be consolidated.

Question 6:
Which tool is used to create an outline for the selected data?
Answer: The Group and Outline tool in Calc is used to create an
outline of the selected data and can group rows and columns
together so that one can collapse (-) to hide it or expand (+)
it using a single click on it.

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