Authors
Harry Howe & Mark G. Simkin
Abstract
The extensive computational and formatting capabilities of today's spreadsheets enable users to create sophisticated analytical models with professionally formatted outputs. But good-looking reports can mask a host of input errors, formula mistakes, and computational problems.
This article examines the subject of spreadsheet error detection in detail and describes an experiment designed to identify those factors influencing the error-detection capabilities of a sample of spreadsheet users.
Sample
The results suggest a fairly uniform distribution of student ability to detect errors, with the exception of a few subjects who performed quite poorly or quite well.
Publication
2006, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Volume 4, Number 1, January, pages 101-122
