1. Guide to Using Excel 2003 For Basic Statistical Applications
To Accompany
Business Statistics: A Decision Making Approach, 7th Ed.
Chapter 1:
The Where, Why and How of Data Collection By
Groebner, Shannon, Fry, & Smith
Prentice-Hall Publishing Company
Copyright, 2008

2. Chapter 1 Excel 2003 Examples
Random Numbers Nordstrom’s Payroll

3. Random Numbers - Nordstrom’s Payroll
Issue:
Nordstrom’s wishes to survey ten of their 300 employees. Employees are numbered 1 to 300.
Objective:
Use Excel to generate 10 random numbers between 1 and Values must be integer numbers corresponding to employee numbers

4. Random Numbers – Nordstrom’s Payroll
Click on Tools
Click on
Data Analysis

5. Random Number Generation
Random Numbers – Nordstrom’s Payroll
Select
Random Number Generation

6. Provide Required Inputs Note: Select Uniform Distribution
Random Numbers – Nordstrom’s Payroll
Provide Required Inputs
Note: Select Uniform Distribution

7. Need to convert numbers to integers
Random Numbers – Nordstrom’s Payroll
Need to convert numbers to integers
Note: Each time you use Random Number Generation, you will get a different string of random numbers

8. Random Numbers – Nordstrom’s Payroll
Highlight the Data Values
Click the Decrease Decimal Button to Remove Decimal Places

9. Random Numbers – Nordstrom’s Payroll
10 Random Numbers Between 0 and 300 -
These are the 10 employees to be selected