Microsoft KB Archive/173554

= XL97: Input Range Error Using Anova Analysis Tool =

Article ID: 173554

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q173554



SYMPTOMS
When you use "Anova: Two-Factor Without Replication" in the Data Analysis tools, you may receive the following error message:

Anova: Two-Factor Without Replication - Input range contains non-numeric data



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the input range contains either empty cells or text.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, enter a value of zero (0) into the empty cells in the input range. This has no significant effect on the variation of the data, because Excel is substituting zeroes for empty values when the calculations are performed.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior differs from earlier versions of Excel. Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 7.0 allow empty cells in the input range. The Anova analysis tool in Excel 97 does not work unless you remove the empty cells in the input range or replace them with values.

