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TOCOL and TOROW

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TOCOL  and  TOROW There are two functions to look at when changing a dataset into a column or row: TOCOL and TOROW . Both of these formulas take an entire dataset and reformat them to either a column or a row.  In the example below, I have a dataset surrounded by a black line. To make it into a column, in the cell A2 I typed the formula =TOCOL(C8:O70) . C8:O70 is the range of the data.  When I tried TOROW , I had to add another 500 columns, so I just adjusted the range so it would fit.  

Chart Experiment - Retirement-Age Workers by U.S. State

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I was pretty sure that I did this before, but looking back in my Google Drive, I don't see it. I thought that over the summer I had seen an article about states and their corresponding party affiliations and from that I made a chart.  But I can't find it. So, I grabbed data from 270towin  for the political parties.  Then I put it all into a Sheet and tried a few charts. I ended up deciding the bar chart showed it the best, although the radar chart was the most artistic. So, then here's what  This was still hard to gain evidence from, so I though maybe getting the sum would show me something. To me it looked like the blue states had a higher percentage. So, here are the SUM values. Red 440.4 Purple 318.8 Blue 412.7 The count of each party are as follows: D 16 P 14 R 20 The bar-thinckness couldn't be changed, and while I was trying different chart types, I tried the stacked bar chart. For some reason that made the bars wider. Still, I am not thrilled with the lack of opti

Tracking Reading Growth with Line Graphs

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In our PYP program, we use DIBELS to track student reading fluency. The first step is to create a table that includes the assessment dates and fluency scores, with a separate column for benchmark scores. I conducted this experiment to see if I could create a graph that displays both fluency test results and benchmark scores on a single chart. By doing this, I aimed to visualize student progress more clearly. In the table below, column A contains student names, and column B contains the assessment dates. I set it up this way so that I could easily use the FILTER function to sort or focus on specific students. The fluency scores and benchmark data are placed in separate columns. To create a graph with two line charts, I ensured that the fluency and benchmark scores were in different columns. To make the lines continuous in the graph, I checked the "Plot null values" option. This step is crucial, as without it, the benchmark scores would only appear as isolated dots rather than

Making an assessment accommodations schedule

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At our school, like all schools, we have students with learning differences. When students qualify, the IB grants them testing accommodations. This could be someone to read the questions to them, the use of certain technology, but mostly it means these students are granted additional time.  In order to be informed about upcoming assessments, we looked to using a Google Form.  The initial version of the data from the Form was functional but hard to read. The results sheet was on a separate file and the data was hard to read.  I did a few things that would help me if I were looking at it. I organized it by the date of the assessment to be first. Then I added the grade and class of the student. I needed to know when the assessment was and how long it was. I also removed tests that were over and ordered the tests in reverse chronological order - all to help me stay organized. Here is what I came up with using a QUERY formula. ---------- = QUERY ( 'IAA Requests'!A1:P , "SELECT

Recreating a Chart from a Visual Capitalist Infographic

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Over the summer, I had some time, so I tried a few experiments. I found some interesting YouTube videos from people remaking the graphics using Excel. I don't have Excel - I have Google Sheets - so I got to work. They are almost the same anyway.  And here's the final result. Nothing too fancy, but easier to read than a list of numbers. I think the heat map looks pretty good.

Checking Historical Temperature with Google Sheets

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I was back in Minnesota for the summer this year. The temperature really started to rise and I wondered if this was an anomaly, or if it was within the range of normal for July.  Then I wondered if temperatures were increasing. First I needed to get the data. A Google search for "Minnesota annual high temperature" led me to a site with the data I needed. <Example needed> Here I could use the IMPORTHTML function to pull the data to the sheet. There were actually two tables, so I needed to change the formula from 1 to 2. <Example needed> After importing the data, I copied it and pasted the values only. Then I could change the dates to year only (file>format>number), and moved the date column so it was to the left. From here, I was able to create a table. (file>insert>chart) Then, I thought I wanted the annual minimum temperature, so I repeated the process. My findings The high temperature for the years has somewhat remained stable, while the low temperat

Highlight a Cell with a Change

This is not exactly what I wanted to do, but I think it might be useful nonetheless.  A while back I saw that Ben Collins had a sheet where the rows and columns would have a highlight wherever the cursor was. Since this is the summer of doing, I wanted to replicate that.  Well, I didn't, but I was able to make a sheet that highlights the last cell that was changed. I wonder what a spreadsheet that showed the last three changes - as a gradient - might look like. Anyway, the file is below. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PP0VK9WbOjufLXrdrFEbrv4TQ3xwdlLK0t4JQBt03dI/copy