This project gives you an opportunity to learn how to use Excel’s PivotTable functionality to analyze a database or data list.

Use the data list for Online Management Training Inc. (OMT) described earlier in the chapter. This is a list of the sales transactions at OMT for one day.

You can find this spreadsheet file MyMISLab.

Use Excel’s PivotTable to help you answer the following questions:

•Where are the average purchases higher? The answer might tell managers where to focus marketing and sales resources, or pitch different messages to different regions.

•What form of payment is the most common? The answer might be used to emphasize in advertising the most preferred means of payment.

•Are there any times of day when purchases are most common? Do people buy products while at work (likely during the day) or at home (likely in the evening)?

•What’s the relationship between region, type of product purchased, and average sales price?