1. Week 2 Creating Outputs with Excel COMPUTER LAB CLASS Use of calculators, computers, data bases, spreadsheets and the display of domestic level quantitative information

2. Software Calculators are for preliminary descriptive statistics and simple arithmetic calculations – I like TI 85 and above Excel will do everything a residential audit requires. Optional Excel add-ins: Mega-stat and Analysis Pac Rows and Columns Rows are variables Convention is that columns are time or observation point These are important skills for all resource management work: residential, commercial or industrial

3. Creating a distribution figure in Excel Pie chart Bar chart Run chart Describe the figure Be sure to make it legable Include everything someone who knows nothing about the data could understand

4. Conversion Energy units to financial units based upon the latest energy pricing structures for residential customers EXAMPLE If 40 therms of natural gas was saved and natural gas had a final cost of $5.78 a therm, the 40 therms saved will also be $231.20 saved.