Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.
Caulkins, Morrison, & Weidemann (2006)
Despite being staggeringly error prone, spreadsheets are a highly flexible programming environment.
Abreu, et al (2015)
...few incidents of spreadsheet errors are made public and these are usually not revealed by choice.
Kruck & Sheetz (2001)
Studies have shown that there is a high incidence of errors in spreadsheets.
Csernoch & Biro (2013)
Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.
Krishna, et al (2001)
Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.
Irons (2003)
A lot of decisions are being made on the basis of some bad numbers.
Ross (1996)
Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.
Chen & Chan (2000)
The issue is not whether there is an error but how many errors there are and how serious they are.
Panko (2007)
It is now widely accepted that errors in spreadsheets are both common and potentially dangerous.
Nixon & O'Hara (2010)
Errors in spreadsheets... result in incorrect decisions being made and significant losses incurred.
Beaman, et al (2005)
Spreadsheets are often hard, if not impossible, to understand.
Mireault & Gresham (2015)
Spreadsheet errors... a great, often unrecognised, risk to corporate decision making & financial integrity.
Chadwick (2002)
Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.
Panko & Ordway (2005)
Most executives do not really check or verify the accuracy or validity of [their] spreadsheets...
Teo & Tan (1999)
People tend to believe their spreadsheets are more accurate than they really are.
Caulkins, Morrison, & Weidemann (2006)
Spreadsheets... pose a greater threat to your business than almost anything you can imagine.
Howard (2005)
Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.
Caulkins, Morrison, & Weidemann (2008)
Developing an error-free spreadsheet has been a problem since the beginning of end-user computing.
Mireault (2015)
The software that end users are creating... is riddled with errors.
Burnett & Myers (2014)
Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.
Cunha, et al (2011)
Despite overwhelming and unanimous evidence... companies have continued to ignore spreadsheet error risks.
Panko (2014)
A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.
Ayalew (2007)
Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.
Raffensperger (2001)
Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.
Dunn (2010)
Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.
Kulesz & Ostberg (2013)
Spreadsheet development must embrace extensive testing in order to be taken seriously as a profession.
Bock (2016)
Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.
Colbenz (2005)
It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.
Panko (2013)
The quality and reliability of spreadsheets is known to be poor.
Bishop & McDaid (2007)
Every study that has looked for errors has found them... in considerable abundance.
Panko & Halverson (1996)
1% of all formulas in operational spreadsheets are in error.
Powell, Baker, & Lawson (2009)
Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.
Paine (2001)
94% of the 88 spreadsheets audited in 7 studies have contained errors.
Panko (2008)
Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.
Nixon & O'Hara (2010)
Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.
Durusau & Hunting (2015)
Every study, without exception, has found error rates much higher than organizations would wish to tolerate.
Panko (1999)
Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.
Rust, et al (2006)
Research on spreadsheet errors is substantial, compelling, and unanimous.
Panko (2015)
Spreadsheets can be viewed as a highly flexible programming environment for end users.
Abreu, et al (2015)
Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.
Abraham & Erwig (2007)
Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.
Abraham, et al (2005)
Spreadsheets are the most popular live programming environments, but they are also notoriously fault-prone.
Hermans & van der Storm (2015)
The untested spreadsheet is as dangerous and untrustworthy as an untested program.
Price (2006)
Overconfidence is one of the most substantial causes of spreadsheet errors.
Sakal, et al (2015)
The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.
Sajaniemi (1998)
Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.
Miller (2005)
60% of large companies feel 'Spreadsheet Hell' describes their reliance on spreadsheets.
Murphy (2007)
Spreadsheet shortcomings can significantly hamper an organization's business operation.
Reschenhofer & Matthes (2015)
Even obvious, elementary errors in very simple, clearly documented spreadsheets are... difficult to find.
Galletta, et al (1993)

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