Daljit Dhadwal

Ideas, books, software, and other useful tools

Month: September, 2014

Using conditional formatting in Excel to automatically add horizontal lines between different groups in a table

In the following screencast I show how to use conditional formatting in Excel to automatically create horizontal lines between different groups of data in a table. When applying conditional formatting you need to pay particular attention to properly setting up the cell references (absolute, relative, or mixed) in the conditional formatting formula.  

The Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators

The main aim of the Handbook is to provide builders of composite indicators with a set of recommendations on how to design, develop and disseminate a composite indicator. In fact, methodological issues need to be addressed transparently prior to the construction and use of composite indicators in order to avoid data manipulation and misrepresentation. In […]