THE EFFECTS OF STATISTICAL TRAINING WITH MS EXCEL ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS: BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
The study investigated the effects of training on the use of MS Excel in statistics on students' successes, the utility of data analysis tools, and the benefits received from using MS Excel. It examined whether employing MS Excel's data analysis capabilities improved learners' levels of understanding and achievement after they received MSE Excel training. It investigated whether there was a significant difference in the perceived learning skills obtained before and after training on MS Excel analysis tools. With the result of this study, the level of achievement and knowledge of the students in statistics enhanced following the training on MS Excel. The t-test result was statistically significant. This means that the improvement in students' achievements as a result of training in MS Excel with data analysis tools is significant. As a result, data analysis training is successful. The respondents stated that they highly agree on the various uses of MS Excel in statistics learning. This implies that the respondents highly agree on the many potential consequences of utilizing MS Excel's data analysis tool in studying statistics since it reduces anxiety in statistics, is very useful, and can serve as a reference tool in the future. It was also found that there are some advantages they gained from using Excel data analysis to learn statistics. One hundred percent of them said that working with statistics in Microsoft Excel improved their abilities and talents when handling huge volumes of data and indicated that there are significant benefits that students can receive from using Microsoft Excel in learning statistics. On the table of challenges, one major factor that the students considered that affected their attitudes towards learning during the pandemic was a low communication network or limited internet. This indicates that there is a need to improve the internet network for a better learning atmosphere, especially during a pandemic.
MS Excel Application, Statistical Analysis, Learning Skills, Education & Technology