MAKE A SIMPLE SPREADSHEET IN EXCEL

CHOOSE AN INDUSTRY THAT INTERESTS YOU

CHOOSE A MICROECOMONIC VARIABLE FOR THE CHOSEN INDUSTRY

RESEARCH AND FIND 3 YEARS OF THIS MICROECONOMIC VARIABLE

Go to the Census Bureau (NAICS) website and select an industry that has a description. Some of the smaller industries are named, but not described

CREATE Excel spreadsheet that has two columns and four rows. In cell A1, type in the industry you selected and bold the text. In the heading for cell A2, type "Year." In cells A3, A4, and A5 descending below this heading, type the years for your data. In the automobile example, this would be 2017, 2018, and 2019.

In the heading for column two, cell B2, type the name of the variable you chose. For example, it could be "Sales." In the cells below this heading, type the sales data for each of the three years.

Underneath your table, type "Source:" Then paste the URL of the source where you found your data.