About this webinar We rarely receive the research data in an appropriate form. Often data is messy. Sometimes it is incomplete. And sometimes there’s too much of it. Frequently, it has errors. This webinar targets beginners and presents a quick demonstration of using the most widespread data wrangling tool, Microsoft Excel, to sort, filter, copy, protect, transform, aggregate, summarise, and visualise research data. Webinar Topics Introduction to Microsoft Excel user interface Interpret data using sorting, filtering, and conditional formatting Summarise data using functions Analyse data using pivot tables Manipulate and visualise data Handy tips to speed up your work Licence Copyright © 2021 Intersect Australia Ltd. All rights reserved.

Excel spreadsheets by species (4 letter code is abbreviation for genus and species used in study, year 2010 or 2011 is year data collected, SH indicates data for Science Hub, date is date of file preparation). The data in a file are described in a read me file which is the first worksheet in each file. Each row in a species spreadsheet is for one plot (plant). The data themselves are in the data worksheet. One file includes a read me description of the column in the date set for chemical analysis. In this file one row is an herbicide treatment and sample for chemical analysis (if taken). This dataset is associated with the following publication: Olszyk , D., T. Pfleeger, T. Shiroyama, M. Blakely-Smith, E. Lee , and M. Plocher. Plant reproduction is altered by simulated herbicide drift toconstructed plant communities. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL, USA, 36(10): 2799-2813, (2017).

With a step-by-step approach, learn to prepare Excel files, data worksheets, and individual data columns for data analysis; practice conditional formatting and creating pivot tables/charts; go over basic principles of Research Data Management as they might apply to an Excel project. Avec une approche étape par étape, apprenez à préparer pour l’analyse des données des fichiers Excel, des feuilles de calcul de données et des colonnes de données individuelles; pratiquez la mise en forme conditionnelle et la création de tableaux croisés dynamiques ou de graphiques; passez en revue les principes de base de la gestion des données de recherche tels qu’ils pourraient s’appliquer à un projet Excel.

Question Paper Solutions of chapter Data Analysis using MS-Excel of Data Analytics Skills for Managers, 5th Semester , Bachelor in Business Administration 2020 - 2021

This article describes a free, open-source collection of templates for the popular Excel (2013, and later versions) spreadsheet program. These templates are spreadsheet files that allow easy and intuitive learning and the implementation of practical examples concerning descriptive statistics, random variables, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Although they are designed to be used with Excel, they can also be employed with other free spreadsheet programs (changing some particular formulas). Moreover, we exploit some possibilities of the ActiveX controls of the Excel Developer Menu to perform interactive Gaussian density charts. Finally, it is important to note that they can be often embedded in a web page, so it is not necessary to employ Excel software for their use. These templates have been designed as a useful tool to teach basic statistics and to carry out data analysis even when the students are not familiar with Excel. Additionally, they can be used as a complement to other analytical software packages. They aim to assist students in learning statistics, within an intuitive working environment. Supplementary materials with the Excel templates are available online.

The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) recently established SCINet , which consists of a shared high performance computing resource, Ceres, and the dedicated high-speed Internet2 network used to access Ceres. Current and potential SCINet users are using and generating very large datasets so SCINet needs to be provisioned with adequate data storage for their active computing. It is not designed to hold data beyond active research phases. At the same time, the National Agricultural Library has been developing the Ag Data Commons, a research data catalog and repository designed for public data release and professional data curation. Ag Data Commons needs to anticipate the size and nature of data it will be tasked with handling. The ARS Web-enabled Databases Working Group, organized under the SCINet initiative, conducted a study to establish baseline data storage needs and practices, and to make projections that could inform future infrastructure design, purchases, and policies. The SCINet Web-enabled Databases Working Group helped develop the survey which is the basis for an internal report. While the report was for internal use, the survey and resulting data may be generally useful and are being released publicly. From October 24 to November 8, 2016 we administered a 17-question survey (Appendix A) by emailing a Survey Monkey link to all ARS Research Leaders, intending to cover data storage needs of all 1,675 SY (Category 1 and Category 4) scientists. We designed the survey to accommodate either individual researcher responses or group responses. Research Leaders could decide, based on their unit's practices or their management preferences, whether to delegate response to a data management expert in their unit, to all members of their unit, or to themselves collate responses from their unit before reporting in the survey. Larger storage ranges cover vastly different amounts of data so the implications here could be significant depending on whether the true amount is at the lower or higher end of the range. Therefore, we requested more detail from "Big Data users," those 47 respondents who indicated they had more than 10 to 100 TB or over 100 TB total current data (Q5). All other respondents are called "Small Data users." Because not all of these follow-up requests were successful, we used actual follow-up responses to estimate likely responses for those who did not respond. We defined active data as data that would be used within the next six months. All other data would be considered inactive, or archival. To calculate per person storage needs we used the high end of the reported range divided by 1 for an individual response, or by G, the number of individuals in a group response. For Big Data users we used the actual reported values or estimated likely values. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Appendix A: ARS data storage survey questions. File Name: Appendix A.pdfResource Description: The full list of questions asked with the possible responses. The survey was not administered using this PDF but the PDF was generated directly from the administered survey using the Print option under Design Survey. Asterisked questions were required. A list of Research Units and their associated codes was provided in a drop down not shown here. Resource Software Recommended: Adobe Acrobat,url: https://get.adobe.com/reader/ Resource Title: CSV of Responses from ARS Researcher Data Storage Survey. File Name: Machine-readable survey response data.csvResource Description: CSV file includes raw responses from the administered survey, as downloaded unfiltered from Survey Monkey, including incomplete responses. Also includes additional classification and calculations to support analysis. Individual email addresses and IP addresses have been removed. This information is that same data as in the Excel spreadsheet (also provided).Resource Title: Responses from ARS Researcher Data Storage Survey. File Name: Data Storage Survey Data for public release.xlsxResource Description: MS Excel worksheet that Includes raw responses from the administered survey, as downloaded unfiltered from Survey Monkey, including incomplete responses. Also includes additional classification and calculations to support analysis. Individual email addresses and IP addresses have been removed.Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://products.office.com/en-us/excel

--------CALL CENTER PERFORMANCE DATASET ANALYSIS--------

This is a self-guided project.

The Call Center dataset contained customer data such as caller id, customer name, date, call channel, city, state, reason for calling, call duration, e.t.c.

I tasked myself with identifying trends and patterns so as to create a summarical overview of the data which can give an overview-level understanding of the data to technical and non-technical viewers.

OBJECTIVES: Create a dashboard (using charts, slicers and KPIs) which can be used to statistically track, monitor and visualize the performance of a Call Center.

SOFTWARE TOOLS USED: Microsoft Excel

ANALYTICAL ACTIONS PERFORMED: Data Importation, Data Processing, Data Cleaning, VLOOKUP Pivot Tables Data Visualization (Dashboard creation) Connection Reporting (connecting slicers to Dashboard)

Sheet 1 (Raw-Data): The raw data of the study is provided, presenting the tagging results for the used measures described in the paper. For each subject, it includes multiple columns: A. a sequential student ID B an ID that defines a random group label and the notation C. the used notation: user Story or use Cases D. the case they were assigned to: IFA, Sim, or Hos E. the subject's exam grade (total points out of 100). Empty cells mean that the subject did not take the first exam F. a categorical representation of the grade L/M/H, where H is greater or equal to 80, M is between 65 included and 80 excluded, L otherwise G. the total number of classes in the student's conceptual model H. the total number of relationships in the student's conceptual model I. the total number of classes in the expert's conceptual model J. the total number of relationships in the expert's conceptual model K-O. the total number of encountered situations of alignment, wrong representation, system-oriented, omitted, missing (see tagging scheme below) P. the researchers' judgement on how well the derivation process explanation was explained by the student: well explained (a systematic mapping that can be easily reproduced), partially explained (vague indication of the mapping ), or not present.

Tagging scheme:
Aligned (AL) - A concept is represented as a class in both models, either

with the same name or using synonyms or clearly linkable names; Wrongly represented (WR) - A class in the domain expert model is incorrectly represented in the student model, either (i) via an attribute, method, or relationship rather than class, or (ii) using a generic term (e.g., user'' instead ofurban planner''); System-oriented (SO) - A class in CM-Stud that denotes a technical implementation aspect, e.g., access control. Classes that represent legacy system or the system under design (portal, simulator) are legitimate; Omitted (OM) - A class in CM-Expert that does not appear in any way in CM-Stud; Missing (MI) - A class in CM-Stud that does not appear in any way in CM-Expert.

All the calculations and information provided in the following sheets

originate from that raw data.

Sheet 2 (Descriptive-Stats): Shows a summary of statistics from the data collection,

including the number of subjects per case, per notation, per process derivation rigor category, and per exam grade category.

Sheet 3 (Size-Ratio):

The number of classes within the student model divided by the number of classes within the expert model is calculated (describing the size ratio). We provide box plots to allow a visual comparison of the shape of the distribution, its central value, and its variability for each group (by case, notation, process, and exam grade) . The primary focus in this study is on the number of classes. However, we also provided the size ratio for the number of relationships between student and expert model.

Sheet 4 (Overall):

Provides an overview of all subjects regarding the encountered situations, completeness, and correctness, respectively. Correctness is defined as the ratio of classes in a student model that is fully aligned with the classes in the corresponding expert model. It is calculated by dividing the number of aligned concepts (AL) by the sum of the number of aligned concepts (AL), omitted concepts (OM), system-oriented concepts (SO), and wrong representations (WR). Completeness on the other hand, is defined as the ratio of classes in a student model that are correctly or incorrectly represented over the number of classes in the expert model. Completeness is calculated by dividing the sum of aligned concepts (AL) and wrong representations (WR) by the sum of the number of aligned concepts (AL), wrong representations (WR) and omitted concepts (OM). The overview is complemented with general diverging stacked bar charts that illustrate correctness and completeness.

For sheet 4 as well as for the following four sheets, diverging stacked bar

charts are provided to visualize the effect of each of the independent and mediated variables. The charts are based on the relative numbers of encountered situations for each student. In addition, a "Buffer" is calculated witch solely serves the purpose of constructing the diverging stacked bar charts in Excel. Finally, at the bottom of each sheet, the significance (T-test) and effect size (Hedges' g) for both completeness and correctness are provided. Hedges' g was calculated with an online tool: https://www.psychometrica.de/effect_size.html. The independent and moderating variables can be found as follows:

Sheet 5 (By-Notation):

Model correctness and model completeness is compared by notation - UC, US.

Sheet 6 (By-Case):

Model correctness and model completeness is compared by case - SIM, HOS, IFA.

Sheet 7 (By-Process):

Model correctness and model completeness is compared by how well the derivation process is explained - well explained, partially explained, not present.

Sheet 8 (By-Grade):

Model correctness and model completeness is compared by the exam grades, converted to categorical values High, Low , and Medium.

Spatial analysis and statistical summaries of the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) provide land managers and decision makers with a general assessment of management intent for biodiversity protection, natural resource management, and recreation access across the nation. The PAD-US 3.0 Combined Fee, Designation, Easement feature class (with Military Lands and Tribal Areas from the Proclamation and Other Planning Boundaries feature class) was modified to remove overlaps, avoiding overestimation in protected area statistics and to support user needs. A Python scripted process ("PADUS3_0_CreateVectorAnalysisFileScript.zip") associated with this data release prioritized overlapping designations (e.g. Wilderness within a National Forest) based upon their relative biodiversity conservation status (e.g. GAP Status Code 1 over 2), public access values (in the order of Closed, Restricted, Open, Unknown), and geodatabase load order (records are deliberately organized in the PAD-US full inventory with fee owned lands loaded before overlapping management designations, and easements). The Vector Analysis File ("PADUS3_0VectorAnalysisFile_ClipCensus.zip") associated item of PAD-US 3.0 Spatial Analysis and Statistics ( https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KLBB5D ) was clipped to the Census state boundary file to define the extent and serve as a common denominator for statistical summaries. Boundaries of interest to stakeholders (State, Department of the Interior Region, Congressional District, County, EcoRegions I-IV, Urban Areas, Landscape Conservation Cooperative) were incorporated into separate geodatabase feature classes to support various data summaries ("PADUS3_0VectorAnalysisFileOtherExtents_Clip_Census.zip") and Comma-separated Value (CSV) tables ("PADUS3_0SummaryStatistics_TabularData_CSV.zip") summarizing "PADUS3_0VectorAnalysisFileOtherExtents_Clip_Census.zip" are provided as an alternative format and enable users to explore and download summary statistics of interest (Comma-separated Table [CSV], Microsoft Excel Workbook [.XLSX], Portable Document Format [.PDF] Report) from the PAD-US Lands and Inland Water Statistics Dashboard ( https://www.usgs.gov/programs/gap-analysis-project/science/pad-us-statistics ). In addition, a "flattened" version of the PAD-US 3.0 combined file without other extent boundaries ("PADUS3_0VectorAnalysisFile_ClipCensus.zip") allow for other applications that require a representation of overall protection status without overlapping designation boundaries. The "PADUS3_0VectorAnalysis_State_Clip_CENSUS2020" feature class ("PADUS3_0VectorAnalysisFileOtherExtents_Clip_Census.gdb") is the source of the PAD-US 3.0 raster files (associated item of PAD-US 3.0 Spatial Analysis and Statistics, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KLBB5D ). Note, the PAD-US inventory is now considered functionally complete with the vast majority of land protection types represented in some manner, while work continues to maintain updates and improve data quality (see inventory completeness estimates at: http://www.protectedlands.net/data-stewards/ ). In addition, changes in protected area status between versions of the PAD-US may be attributed to improving the completeness and accuracy of the spatial data more than actual management actions or new acquisitions. USGS provides no legal warranty for the use of this data. While PAD-US is the official aggregation of protected areas ( https://www.fgdc.gov/ngda-reports/NGDA_Datasets.html ), agencies are the best source of their lands data.

Corpus consisting of 10,000 Facebook posts manually annotated on sentiment (2,587 positive, 5,174 neutral, 1,991 negative and 248 bipolar posts). The archive contains data and statistics in an Excel file (FBData.xlsx) and gold data in two text files with posts (gold-posts.txt) and labels (gols-labels.txt) on corresponding lines.

This dataset contains one Excel sheet and five Word documents. In this dataset, Simulation.xlsx describes the parameter values used for the numerical analysis based on empirical data. In this Excel sheet, we calculated the values of each capped call-option model parameter. Computation of Table 2.docx and other documents show the results of the comparative statistics.

This dataset is about books. It has 1 row and is filtered where the book is Microsoft Excel 2013 : data analysis and business modeling. It features 5 columns: author, publication date, book publisher, and BNB id.

The attached Excel spreadsheet is a codebook for our quantitative data analysis.

📊 Sales Data Analysis Using MySQL, Excel & Power BI 🔍 Project Overview This project focuses on analyzing sales data to extract valuable insights, identify trends, and support business decision-making. Using MySQL for querying, Excel for data manipulation, and Power BI for visualization, we explore key sales performance metrics.

🛠 Tools Used ✅ MySQL – Data storage, cleaning, and analysis using SQL queries. ✅ Excel – Data preprocessing, pivot tables, and basic visualization. ✅ Power BI – Interactive dashboards for advanced data visualization.

📂 Dataset Information Source: Kaggle Superstore Sales Dataset Data Size: 10,000+ records Key Features: Sales, Customer Details, Ship Mode, Product Category, Region

📌 Key Business Questions Answered 1️⃣ What are the top-performing sales regions? ✅ Used Power BI Map Visualization to analyze sales distribution by region. ✅ Key Insight: The highest sales were recorded in the West & East regions, while some regions showed potential for improvement.

2️⃣ Which product categories drive the highest revenue? ✅ Used Excel Pivot Tables to aggregate Sales by Category. ✅ Observation: "Technology" products had the highest sales, followed by "Furniture" and "Office Supplies."

3️⃣ Who are the top 10 customers by sales volume? ✅ Extracted top customers using SQL Queries & Power BI Ranking Functions. ✅ Business Insight: Retaining these customers can significantly boost revenue.

4️⃣ Which are the top 5 best-selling products? ✅ Aggregated product sales using MySQL SUM() function. ✅ Result: High-demand products identified, helping in inventory planning.

5️⃣ How does shipping mode affect sales? ✅ Created Power BI Slicer & Bar Chart for Ship Mode Analysis. ✅ Finding: Standard Class was the most used, while Same-Day shipping had lower but high-value orders.

📊 Power BI Dashboard Overview 🔹 Sales by Region – Geographical performance map 🔹 Top 10 Customers – Key customers contributing to revenue 🔹 Category & Sales – Identifying best-performing categories 🔹 Top 5 Products – Sales contribution by product 🔹 Shipping Mode Impact – Analyzing customer shipping preferences

📈 Business Insights & Recommendations 📌 Optimize Marketing Efforts – Focus more on high-performing regions. 📌 Inventory Management – Maintain high stock levels for top-selling products. 📌 Customer Retention Strategies – Prioritize personalized marketing for top customers. 📌 Improve Shipping Efficiency – Explore cost-effective shipping options for increased profitability.

📢 Why This Project? This project helped me strengthen my SQL querying skills, enhance Excel data manipulation, and build Power BI dashboards for professional data storytelling.

💡 Next Steps: Expanding analysis with predictive analytics & machine learning.

📎 Project Files & Resources 📂 Dataset – Available on Kaggle 📊 Power BI Dashboard – Shared in project files 📜 SQL Queries & Excel Reports – Available for reference

🚀 Let's Connect! 👨‍💻 LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/ pooja-akash-lohkare-62a6a5b6

📧 Contact – poojacareer789@gmail.com

If you found this useful, upvote & comment with your feedback! 🙌

About Dataset The dataset contains information about sales transactions, including details such as the customer's age, gender, location, and the products sold. The dataset includes data on both the cost of the product and the revenue generated from its sale, allowing for calculations of profit and profit margins. The dataset includes information on customer age and gender, which could be used to analyze purchasing behavior across different demographic groups. The dataset likely includes both numeric and categorical data, which would require different types of analysis and visualization techniques. Overall, the dataset appears to provide a comprehensive view of sales transactions, with the potential for analysis at multiple levels, including by product, customer, and location. But it does not contain any useful information or insights for decision makers. - After understanding the dataset. - I cleaned it and add some columns & calculations like (Net profit, Age Status). - Making a model in Power Pivot, calculate some measures like (Total profit, COGS, Total revenues) and Making KPIS Model. - Then asked some questions: About Distribution What are the total revenues and profits? What is the best-selling country in terms of revenue? What are the five best-selling states in terms of revenue? What are the five lowest-selling states in terms of revenues? What is the position of age in relation to revenues? About profitability What are the total revenues and profits? Monthly position in terms of revenues and profits? Months position in terms of COGS? What are the top category-selling in terms of revenues & Profit? What are the three best-selling sub-category in terms of profit? About KPIS Explain to me each salesperson's position in terms of Target

• Then Answering that questions, analysis the data and Visualize with Dashboards.

This repository contains the data supporting the manuscript "A Generic Scenario Analysis of End-of-Life Plastic Management: Chemical Additives" (to be) submitted to the Energy and Environmental Science Journal https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/ee#!recentarticles&adv This repository contains Excel spreadsheets used to calculate material flow throughout the plastics life cycle, with a strong emphasis on chemical additives in the end-of-life stages. Three major scenarios were presented in the manuscript: 1) mechanical recycling (existing recycling infrastructure), 2) implementing chemical recycling to the existing plastics recycling, and 3) extracting chemical additives before the manufacturing stage. Users would primarily modify values on the yellow tab "US 2018 Facts - Sensitivity". Values highlighted in yellow may be changed for sensitivity analysis purposes. Please note that the values shown for MSW generated, recycled, incinerated, landfilled, composted, imported, exported, re-exported, and other categories in this tab were based on 2018 data. Analysis for other years can be made possible with a replicate version of this spreadsheet and the necessary data to replace those of 2018. Most of the tabs, especially those that contain "Stream # - Description", do not require user interaction. They are intermediate calculations that change according to the user inputs. It is available for the user to see so that the calculation/method is transparent. The major results of these individual stream tabs are ultimately compiled into one summary tab. All streams throughout the plastics life cycle, for each respective scenario (1, 2, and 3), are shown in the "US Mat Flow Analysis 2018" tab. For each stream, we accounted the approximate mass of plastics found in MSW, additives that may be present, and non-plastics. Each spreadsheet contains a representative diagram that matches the stream label. This illustration is placed to aid the user with understanding the connection between each stage in the plastics' life cycle. For example, the Scenario 1 spreadsheet uniquely contains Material Flow Analysis Summary, in addition to the LCI. In the "Material Flow Analysis Summary" tab, we represented the input, output, releases, exposures, and greenhouse gas emissions based on the amount of materials inputted into a specific stage in the plastics life cycle. The "Life Cycle Inventory" tab contributes additional calculations to estimate land, air, and water releases. Figures and Data - A gs analysis on eol plastic management This word document contains the raw data used to create all the figures in the main manuscript. The major references used to obtain the data are also included where appropriate.

Analyzing Coffee Shop Sales: Excel Insights 📈

In my first Data Analytics Project, I Discover the secrets of a fictional coffee shop's success with my data-driven analysis. By Analyzing a 5-sheet Excel dataset, I've uncovered valuable sales trends, customer preferences, and insights that can guide future business decisions. 📊☕

DATA CLEANING 🧹

• REMOVED DUPLICATES OR IRRELEVANT ENTRIES: Thoroughly eliminated duplicate records and irrelevant data to refine the dataset for analysis.

• FIXED STRUCTURAL ERRORS: Rectified any inconsistencies or structural issues within the data to ensure uniformity and accuracy.

• CHECKED FOR DATA CONSISTENCY: Verified the integrity and coherence of the dataset by identifying and resolving any inconsistencies or discrepancies.

DATA MANIPULATION 🛠️

• UTILIZED LOOKUPS: Used Excel's lookup functions for efficient data retrieval and analysis.

• IMPLEMENTED INDEX MATCH: Leveraged the Index Match function to perform advanced data searches and matches.

• APPLIED SUMIFS FUNCTIONS: Utilized SumIFs to calculate totals based on specified criteria.

• CALCULATED PROFITS: Used relevant formulas and techniques to determine profit margins and insights from the data.

PIVOTING THE DATA 𝄜

• CREATED PIVOT TABLES: Utilized Excel's PivotTable feature to pivot the data for in-depth analysis.

• FILTERED DATA: Utilized pivot tables to filter and analyze specific subsets of data, enabling focused insights. Specially used in “PEAK HOURS” and “TOP 3 PRODUCTS” charts.

VISUALIZATION 📊

• KEY INSIGHTS: Unveiled the grand total sales revenue while also analyzing the average bill per person, offering comprehensive insights into the coffee shop's performance and customer spending habits.

• SALES TREND ANALYSIS: Used Line chart to compute total sales across various time intervals, revealing valuable insights into evolving sales trends.

• PEAK HOUR ANALYSIS: Leveraged Clustered Column chart to identify peak sales hours, shedding light on optimal operating times and potential staffing needs.

• TOP 3 PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATION: Utilized Clustered Bar chart to determine the top three coffee types, facilitating strategic decisions regarding inventory management and marketing focus.

*I also used a Timeline to visualize chronological data trends and identify key patterns over specific times.

While it's a significant milestone for me, I recognize that there's always room for growth and improvement. Your feedback and insights are invaluable to me as I continue to refine my skills and tackle future projects. I'm eager to hear your thoughts and suggestions on how I can make my next endeavor even more impactful and insightful.

THANKS TO: WsCube Tech Mo Chen Alex Freberg

TOOLS USED: Microsoft Excel

DataAnalytics #DataAnalyst #ExcelProject #DataVisualization #BusinessIntelligence #SalesAnalysis #DataAnalysis #DataDrivenDecisions

Abstract

The documentation covers Enterprise Survey panel datasets that were collected in Slovenia in 2009, 2013 and 2019.

The Slovenia ES 2009 was conducted between 2008 and 2009. The Slovenia ES 2013 was conducted between March 2013 and September 2013. Finally, the Slovenia ES 2019 was conducted between December 2018 and November 2019. The objective of the Enterprise Survey is to gain an understanding of what firms experience in the private sector.

As part of its strategic goal of building a climate for investment, job creation, and sustainable growth, the World Bank has promoted improving the business environment as a key strategy for development, which has led to a systematic effort in collecting enterprise data across countries. The Enterprise Surveys (ES) are an ongoing World Bank project in collecting both objective data based on firms' experiences and enterprises' perception of the environment in which they operate.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

The primary sampling unit of the study is the establishment. An establishment is a physical location where business is carried out and where industrial operations take place or services are provided. A firm may be composed of one or more establishments. For example, a brewery may have several bottling plants and several establishments for distribution. For the purposes of this survey an establishment must take its own financial decisions and have its own financial statements separate from those of the firm. An establishment must also have its own management and control over its payroll.

Universe

As it is standard for the ES, the Slovenia ES was based on the following size stratification: small (5 to 19 employees), medium (20 to 99 employees), and large (100 or more employees).

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sample for Slovenia ES 2009, 2013, 2019 were selected using stratified random sampling, following the methodology explained in the Sampling Manual for Slovenia 2009 ES and for Slovenia 2013 ES, and in the Sampling Note for 2019 Slovenia ES.

Three levels of stratification were used in this country: industry, establishment size, and oblast (region). The original sample designs with specific information of the industries and regions chosen are included in the attached Excel file (Sampling Report.xls.) for Slovenia 2009 ES. For Slovenia 2013 and 2019 ES, specific information of the industries and regions chosen is described in the "The Slovenia 2013 Enterprise Surveys Data Set" and "The Slovenia 2019 Enterprise Surveys Data Set" reports respectively, Appendix E.

For the Slovenia 2009 ES, industry stratification was designed in the way that follows: the universe was stratified into manufacturing industries, services industries, and one residual (core) sector as defined in the sampling manual. Each industry had a target of 90 interviews. For the manufacturing industries sample sizes were inflated by about 17% to account for potential non-response cases when requesting sensitive financial data and also because of likely attrition in future surveys that would affect the construction of a panel. For the other industries (residuals) sample sizes were inflated by about 12% to account for under sampling in firms in service industries.

For Slovenia 2013 ES, industry stratification was designed in the way that follows: the universe was stratified into one manufacturing industry, and two service industries (retail, and other services).

Finally, for Slovenia 2019 ES, three levels of stratification were used in this country: industry, establishment size, and region. The original sample design with specific information of the industries and regions chosen is described in "The Slovenia 2019 Enterprise Surveys Data Set" report, Appendix C. Industry stratification was done as follows: Manufacturing – combining all the relevant activities (ISIC Rev. 4.0 codes 10-33), Retail (ISIC 47), and Other Services (ISIC 41-43, 45, 46, 49-53, 55, 56, 58, 61, 62, 79, 95).

For Slovenia 2009 and 2013 ES, size stratification was defined following the standardized definition for the rollout: small (5 to 19 employees), medium (20 to 99 employees), and large (more than 99 employees). For stratification purposes, the number of employees was defined on the basis of reported permanent full-time workers. This seems to be an appropriate definition of the labor force since seasonal/casual/part-time employment is not a common practice, except in the sectors of construction and agriculture.

For Slovenia 2009 ES, regional stratification was defined in 2 regions. These regions are Vzhodna Slovenija and Zahodna Slovenija. The Slovenia sample contains panel data. The wave 1 panel “Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey implemented in Slovenia” consisted of 223 establishments interviewed in 2005. A total of 57 establishments have been re-interviewed in the 2008 Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey.

For Slovenia 2013 ES, regional stratification was defined in 2 regions (city and the surrounding business area) throughout Slovenia.

Finally, for Slovenia 2019 ES, regional stratification was done across two regions: Eastern Slovenia (NUTS code SI03) and Western Slovenia (SI04).

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Research instrument

Questionnaires have common questions (core module) and respectfully additional manufacturing- and services-specific questions. The eligible manufacturing industries have been surveyed using the Manufacturing questionnaire (includes the core module, plus manufacturing specific questions). Retail firms have been interviewed using the Services questionnaire (includes the core module plus retail specific questions) and the residual eligible services have been covered using the Services questionnaire (includes the core module). Each variation of the questionnaire is identified by the index variable, a0.

Response rate

Survey non-response must be differentiated from item non-response. The former refers to refusals to participate in the survey altogether whereas the latter refers to the refusals to answer some specific questions. Enterprise Surveys suffer from both problems and different strategies were used to address these issues.

Item non-response was addressed by two strategies: a- For sensitive questions that may generate negative reactions from the respondent, such as corruption or tax evasion, enumerators were instructed to collect the refusal to respond as (-8). b- Establishments with incomplete information were re-contacted in order to complete this information, whenever necessary. However, there were clear cases of low response.

For 2009 and 2013 Slovenia ES, the survey non-response was addressed by maximizing efforts to contact establishments that were initially selected for interview. Up to 4 attempts were made to contact the establishment for interview at different times/days of the week before a replacement establishment (with similar strata characteristics) was suggested for interview. Survey non-response did occur but substitutions were made in order to potentially achieve strata-specific goals. Further research is needed on survey non-response in the Enterprise Surveys regarding potential introduction of bias.

For 2009, the number of contacted establishments per realized interview was 6.18. This number is the result of two factors: explicit refusals to participate in the survey, as reflected by the rate of rejection (which includes rejections of the screener and the main survey) and the quality of the sample frame, as represented by the presence of ineligible units. The relatively low ratio of contacted establishments per realized interview (6.18) suggests that the main source of error in estimates in the Slovenia may be selection bias and not frame inaccuracy.

For 2013, the number of realized interviews per contacted establishment was 25%. This number is the result of two factors: explicit refusals to participate in the survey, as reflected by the rate of rejection (which includes rejections of the screener and the main survey) and the quality of the sample frame, as represented by the presence of ineligible units. The number of rejections per contact was 44%.

Finally, for 2019, the number of interviews per contacted establishments was 9.7%. This number is the result of two factors: explicit refusals to participate in the survey, as reflected by the rate of rejection (which includes rejections of the screener and the main survey) and the quality of the sample frame, as represented by the presence of ineligible units. The share of rejections per contact was 75.2%.

Students use small mammal data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to understand necessary steps of data management from data collection to data analysis by re-organising excel sheets in an R-compatible format and doing basic analysis in R

This dataset contains the valuation template the researcher can use to retrieve real-time Excel stock price and stock price in Google Sheets. The dataset is provided by Finsheet, the leading financial data provider for spreadsheet users. To get more financial data, visit the website and explore their function. For instance, if a researcher would like to get the last 30 years of income statement for Meta Platform Inc, the syntax would be =FS_EquityFullFinancials("FB", "ic", "FY", 30) In addition, this syntax will return the latest stock price for Caterpillar Inc right in your spreadsheet. =FS_Latest("CAT") If you need assistance with any of the function, feel free to reach out to their customer support team. To get starter, install their Excel and Google Sheets add-on.