Spreadsheets, mathematics, science, and statistics education
 
What you always wanted to know

This page is adapted from http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/Spreadsite/ 
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This page tries to collect some information about spreadsheets with an emphasis on mathematics and statistics education.

If you have some more information which you think should be offered through this page please send information to Erich Neuwirth (email: erich.neuwirth@univie.ac.at).

Currently we have the following topics:

Spreadsheets in Education

General Resources for Spreadsheets on the Web

Mathematical Learning Resources on the Internet

Spreadsheets in Education (Spreadsheet Examples for Education)

Population pyramids, extrapolation of the age structure of populations in different countries
Demonstrating animation techniques in Excel

A spreadsheet model about financing retirement payments through social security
(you need Microsoft Excel 5.0 or higher to run this model)
New version from April 14, 1997

Realtime Fourier sound synthesis

Some statistical examples using Microsoft Excel

Calculating seats from votes for the Austrian Parliament (in German)
Contains an Excel 5.0 sheet

Wheels by Frank Harris, superimposed rotations and symmetry

Excel addins for simulation, statistics, and probability by Sam Savage

Animating alorithms in Excel (University of Helsinki)

Introduction to Math and Spreadsheets

Science Spreadsheets
(from the Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics Education, University of Tennessee)

Correlation Visualized, using Formula One/Net

Further resources for spreadsheet in education on the Internet

Teaching in the Mathematical Sciences with Spreadsheets
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ASSUME, Association of Statistics Specialists Using Microsoft Excel, Mailing list and resources

Web documents explaining spreadsheet concerns

Using array formulas in Excel, white paper by Bob Umlas

Introduction to VBA (in German) by Josef Broukal

Support information, utility programs and add-ins

Usenet News Group: comp.apps.spreadsheets

Frequently asked Questions (FAQ) from comp.apps.spreadsheets
FAQ mirror in Europe

Mailing list for Excel users: EXCEL-G
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Woody's Office Watch - the cool FREE weekly email newsletter about Microsoft Office

PopTools, an extended mathematical and statistical toolkit for Excel

Spreadsheetworld, Tools and courses for technical applications of spreadsheets

Applix Anyware, a client-server spreadsheet in JAVA

Excel Information, the Excel Help Page

Support for Microsoft Office prodcts with emphasis on Excel and Word

Woody's Office Power Pack, Enhancements for Word and Excel

XLUG, Excel Users Group at MIT

xlSTAT, Statistical tools for Excel

Statistical functions and Monte Carlo tools by Roger Myerson

Analyse-It for Microsoft Excel
Statistical procedures and functions for Excel

Macro Systems, lots of Excel Addins and futher information

Baarns Excel Utilities

xlCBT, creating interactive course material with Excel

OMDI Math tools for Excel, Enhanced tools for interpolation, matrix manipulation ...

Excel->HTML conversion utility

John Walkenbach's spreadsheet page, lots of tips and utilities

Stephen Bullen's Excel Page, lots of sophisticated mini-Excel apps to demonstrate advanced techniques

Another Excel->HTML converter

Spreadsheet Tools and Producers

Frontline Systems, makers of the Excel solver

Cutting Edge Software, makers of QuickSheet
(a spreadsheet program for the 3Com PalmPilot which cooperates with Excel)

XLStatistics Home Page Statistics with Excel. Worksheets, demos, support material and lots of information

MatriXL, a library of matrix functions for Excel

Nathan's Excel Page,  

Mathematical learning resources on the Internet

TalmPage, Technology Assisted Learning In Mathematics

Alexander's Mathematik Seite, (German) Learnimg Math with Excel

Author: Erich Neuwirth (mailto:erich.neuwirth@univie.ac.at).
Last Change: 20010205

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