When you choose where to live, open a store, allocate a public budget or design a marketing campaign, population data by ZIP code is often the missing piece that makes your decision truly data‑driven.

Many Excel spreadsheets use the IFERROR function to handle errors, but this masks critical structural and data issues.

Today the Standard publishes a ready reckoner calculator to help readers to work out whether they will be better or worse off once all the measures announced come into effect. More than 1.7 million ...

Imagine investing in a promising project, only to realize years later that it’s taking far longer than expected to recoup your initial outlay. Wouldn’t it have been invaluable to know upfront how long ...

Getting paid on time starts with proper invoicing. For businesses, particularly startups operating on tight margins, invoices serve as the financial bridge between completed work and incoming cash. A ...

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has confirmed that the use of calculators, whether physical, scientific, or on-screen, will not be allowed at the upcoming Joint ...

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued a clarification regarding the use of a virtual or on-screen calculator during the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026, confirming that ...

The NTA said the earlier mention of an onscreen standard calculator in the information bulletin was due to a “typographic error.” Two days after announcing that ...

Go back on a gold standard? That’s crazy. This standard call-and-response prompts a question. Have we gone back on a gold standard before, and if so successfully? Yes indeed. If going back on gold has ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Every survey finding published by Pew Research ...

Microsoft Excel’s mathematical capabilities often go far beyond the needs of most everyday users. However, Excel’s built-in statistical functions make it an essential tool for anyone who works with ...