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Data Bite February 2018
In the National Survey of IR Offices Report (free PDF report), we grouped institutions by their task “personality” and identified three patterns: Broad (IR Offices who are engaged in nearly every data in...Read Moreabout: Data Bite February 2018 -
Formatting Numeric Data to “Millions” in Excel
When we report large numbers (especially related to financials), the default number formatting in Excel does not show up nicely in tables or charts, making it hard to read in a glance. One way to address this is to use c...Read Moreabout: Formatting Numeric Data to “Millions” in Excel -
Data Bite December 2017
IR and IT have a close working relationships at most institutions. But, exactly, what does that relationship look like? Results from the National Survey of IR Offices shows that between 68% and 76% of IR Offices (dependi...Read Moreabout: Data Bite December 2017 -
Data Bite November 2017
We’ve explored the number of professional IR staff in IR offices in previous Data Bites. This month, we'll look at the types of staff involved. Based on what we learned from the 2016 National Survey...Read Moreabout: Data Bite November 2017 -
Data Bite October 2017
In June, we explored the "personality" of IR Offices by sector and found that offices at public 4-year institutions were more likely to have broad responsibilities while private, not-for-profit, 4-year institutions were ...Read Moreabout: Data Bite October 2017
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