Archive for the ‘Statistical Analysis’ Category

When analysis is better using Web Intelligence than Excel

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

This article compares data analysis using Web Intelligence to the same workflow using Microsoft Excel and for the given scenario demonstrates why using Web Intelligence is quicker, easier and less error prone. The objective here is not to show that in all cases Web Intelligence is better than Excel rather to ...

Calculating Geometric Mean in Web Intelligence

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

A geometric mean is an average that is useful for sets of numbers that are interpreted according to their product and not their sum as is the case with the more commonly known arithmetic mean. An example of where you would use a geometric mean is in financial reporting when ...