Microsoft KB Archive/212089

= XL2000: Input Range Error Using Anova Analysis Tool =

Article ID: 212089

Article Last Modified on 9/27/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212089



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

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



CAUSE
This behavior can occur when the input range contains either empty cells or text.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, type a value of 0 (zero) into the empty cells in the input range. Doing so has no significant effect on the variation of the data.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior differs from earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. Excel 5.0 and 7.0 allow empty cells in the input range. The Anova analysis tool in Excel 2000 does not work unless you remove the empty cells in the input range or replace them with values.

