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Factors Affecting the Ability to Detect Spreadsheet Errors
Author(s) -
Howe Harry,
Simkin Mark G.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
decision sciences journal of innovative education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1540-4609
pISSN - 1540-4595
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4609.2006.00104.x
Subject(s) - disk formatting , computer science , sample (material) , error detection and correction , subject (documents) , data mining , data science , world wide web , algorithm , operating system , chemistry , chromatography
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.