Interpretation as a factor in understanding flawed spreadsheets

Abstract

The spreadsheet has been used by the business community for many years and yet still raises a number of significant concerns. As educators our concern is to try to develop the students skills in both the development of spreadsheets and in taking a critical view of their potential defects. In this paper we consider both the problems of mechanical production and the problems of translation of problem to spreadsheet representation.

9 pages incuding references

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• Classification of Spreadsheet Errors

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