IF Spreadsheets, THEN

by Cora Assmann (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena), Volker Uwe Schwartze (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)

Tuesday 19 Oct 2021, 10:00 → 12:00 Europe/Berlin

Windowspool 1 (Raum 3415) (Kompetenz- und Servicezentrum der Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik )

Comic by xkcd.

 

Spreadsheets, they are loved, hated and for many people indispensable. In science, they are a widely used way to organize data. However, there are many pitfalls and the uncritical handling of spreadsheets can lead to sever misunderstandings or problems, as the loss of data about more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases in the UK shows. But also without such severe consequences, spreadsheets can be a source of  annoyance if files that were created by others or just in a different software are not understandable or usable without additional effort.
In this workshop, we will introduce possible pitfalls as well as some good practice guidelines when creating spreadsheets.