Transition from user to developer through consistent notation, table-based architecture, global constants, and ...

Microsoft Excel includes quick stats via Analysis ToolPak; mean, median, and standard deviation are generated for selected ...

Excel used to be the poor schmuck’s database, with spreadsheets that just sort of sat there. You could create something more sophisticated with LOOKUP functions, but they were a huge hassle to set up.

Excel table formulas shift from cell positions to named columns with #All-style tags, keeping calculations readable when layouts change.