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Spreadsheetreflectionella
Spreadsheetreflectionella
SkillA:Writeformulastomakecalculations:
IfeelIamproficientinthisskill.Allformulasmuststartwithanequalsignandthenyoucantype
theequation/formulayouwouldliketouse.Youcanclickthedesiredcellorrangeofcellswith
thenumber(s)youwouldliketoplugintotheformula.Youcanthendragdownthecellintothe
followingcolumnssoyoudont
havetoredothisprocessforeach
cell.Iusedthisskillinpartfour,by
pluggingintheequation
y=2/3x+2.85intomysheetandthenI
pluggedinacellsoitwouldl=solvefor
YIthendraggedthecelldowntosolve
forYforthegivenXineachcell.
SkillB:Useformattingtoolstomakesheetseasytounderstand:
IfeelthisisaskillIamveryproficientin,Iwas
abletogothrougheachartandorganizethemso
itiseasytounderstand.Iwasabletogointothe
formatdropdownbarandusethetheconditional
formattingmenu.
SkillC:Dragcellstoprogresspatterns
ThisskillIbelieveIhavemasteredbecauseIuseditbeforeinotherclasses/projects.Ihadto
usethisskillinpartoneandpart
five.Igrabbedtherightcornerof
thecellwiththepatternIwantedto
continueanddrugitdowntothe
remainingblankcellsIwantedto
fill.
SkillD:Createdropdownmenus
IbelieveIamproficientinthisskillbutIhaveonlydoneitwiththe
guidanceofthetutorial.Iwasabletocreateadropdownmenu
onpage4onthesidewithnumbers/letters.IfeelIhadmore
practicewiththeskillIwouldbecapableofteachingsomeone
elsetodoit.
SkillE:Writeconditionalformulas
ThisisaskillIdidnotgettopractice.Iwasinagroupandwasnotabletoworkonusingthis.
SkillF:Layoutadjustableparametersforrepeatedcalculation
ThisisaskillIfeelIamabletodowiththetutorialbutnotonmyownwithmyowndata.Inorder
todragdownthecellstoprogresspatternIhadtocreateasetofdataforanxvaluesandthen
createparametersbycreatingaslopeandyinterceptandaddingthemintotwocells.Iwrote
anequationandwrotethcellnumberthattheslopewasin,timesthexcolumncell,plusthey
interceptcellandthenIwasableto
solveforyformyfirstyvalue.I
grabbedthebottomrightcornerof
thecellanddrugitdowntheallthe
otherblankcellsinthexcolumn.
Thisthenenteredallthevaluesforx
withthecorrespondingyvalue.
SkillG:Computeaveragesandtotals
Master:IusedthisskillawlotinotherclassesandIameasilyabletoapplythistoanysetof
data.IdidnotusetheaveragetoolanyanyofthesectionsbutIdidgetthechancetouseitin
thepast.
SkillH:Graphsetsofdata
Master:IusedthisinthepastIasagroupwecreatedfourdifferentgraphswithonesetofdata
andwefiguredoutwhichonewebelieveddisplayedthegivendatainthebestway.Inorderto
usethisskillwehadtogohighlightourdataandclicktheinsertgraphandthenedititfromthe
menu
SkillI:Graphequations
Proficient:ThisisaskillIfeellikeIcandoverywellbutthereispointswhereIstruggledinthe
spreadsheetproject.Insection4Ihadtographanequationandhadtogetridofcertain
variables.Iwasabletosuccessfullygraphthefirstequation.Whenitcameoithechallenge
questionIreallystruggledwithcreatingagraphanddidnotcompleteit.
SkillJ:Searchforandapplyadvancedfunctions
Master:ThisisaverysimpleskillIdidnothavetouseintheprojectbutinordertofind
advancedequationsyougointotheiconintherightcornerwhichprovidesbasicfunctionsand
inthedropdownmenuitwillshowabuttonasanoption