On the accuracy of statistical procedures in Microsoft Excel 97
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
The Basic Practice of Statistics with Cdrom
The Basic Practice of Statistics with Cdrom
On the accuracy of statistical procedures in microsoft Excel 2000 and Excel XP
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
On the accuracy of statistical procedures in Microsoft Excel 2003
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
On the accuracy of statistical procedures in Microsoft Excel 2007
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
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Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program implements an unusual operator precedence in formulas. This can cause errors in statistical calculations, if it is not properly followed. For example, some errors by Excel in nonlinear regression reported by McCullough and Wilson (2002. On the accuracy of statistical procedures in Microsoft Excel 2000 and Excel XP. Comput. Statist. Data Anal. 40, 713-721) were probably due to programming by the users that did not follow the unusual operator precedence rules. In this note the operator precedence in Excel is explained, the previous nonlinear regression results are corrected, and a simple example of maximum likelihood estimation is given.