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StatTools Installer

1. Please see your instructor for the download site and login instructions. Once you have the files, continue with the following.

2. Click on Start->All Programs->Palisade Decision Tools->StatTools 1.1 for Excel. This will bring up Excel with StatTools as a Macro.

2a. If you get a security dialog, press the Enable Macros button.
2b. If the Enable Macros button is not selectable, cancel out of the dialog and close Excel. Re-open Excel and go to Tools->Macro->Security. In the Security dialog, select the MEDIUM security level and press OK. Close Excel. You must REPEAT STEPS 2 and 2a above after changing the security settings.

3. Close and re-open Excel. Go to Tools->Add-Ins. In the dialog, press the Browse button. Navigate to <Local Disk>\Program Files\Palisade\StatTools\, select the file 'StatTools' and press OK.

4. There should be two SELECTED items for StatTools in the Add-Ins dialog. Press OK to close the dialog.

5. StatTools is now linked with Excel. There is a tool bar and menu item associated with StatTools.

StatTools in the A&M Open Access Labs

Click on Start->Applications->Statistics->StatTools 1.1 for Excel. This will bring up Excel and a Security Warning. You must click on "Enable Macros". If StatTools does not appear in the toolbar at the top of Excel follow steps 6-8 in the instructions above.

StatTools Commands Help

How to Open a Data File (pdf)

How to Get Summary Numbers (pdf)

How to Create Summaries for Categorical Data (pdf). NOTE: you must first make a pivot table, so click the link below.

How to Make a Pivot Table (pdf)

How to Make Plots (pdf)