| Introduction For several weeks now you’ve been working with spreadsheets and databases and plenty of numbers. Have you noticed that dealing with numbers is confusing, and sometimes boring, if you don’t have a way to see the patterns or the differences in groups of numbers? This is where graphs, charts, diagrams, maps, and illustrations step into the picture, right? They transform numbers into colorful and easy-to-understand "pictures" that help you see numbers in different ways. Another way to make sense of a huge database of information is to put the information in order, from smallest to largest (ascending) or from largest to smallest (descending). This is sometimes a fancy way to say ABC or alphabetical order, a trick you’ve been using in school for years! What are you waiting for? Brand new adventures in the world of databases! |