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Latest revision as of 18:49, 25 November 2025
Researchers have found that up to 90% of spreadsheets have errors that affect their results.[1]
Below is a list of examples of spreadsheet mistakes that are caused by a variety of reasons.
| Date | Organization | Discrepancy | Issue | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1995 | Fidelity Investments | A $2.6 billion miscalculation after an accountant accountant omitted the minus sign on a net capital loss of $1.3 billion | Omitted minus sign | [2] |
| June 2003 | TransAlta | A $24 million loss from buying more US power transmission hedging contracts at higher prices | Cut and paste issue | [3] |
| October 2008 | Barclays | Unintentionally revealing 179 contracts Lehman Brothers had intended to trade | Hidden columns | [4] |
| May 2012 | JPMorgan Chase | A $6 billion loss when a Value-at-Risk model was miscalculated | Cut and paste issue | [5] |
| August 2016 | N/A | Research on estimating that one-fifth of papers with supplementary material containing Excel gene lists to have erroneous gene name conversions | Automatic formatting | [6][7] |
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- ^ Cullen, Drew (June 19, 2003). “Excel snafu costs firm $24m”. The Register. Archived from the original on 2025-09-08. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
- ^ “Barclays Spreadsheet Error Results In Lehman Chaos”. Business Insider. Oct 16, 2008. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
- ^ Whittall, Christopher. “Value-at-Risk model masked JP Morgan $2 bln loss”. U.S. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
- ^ Ziemann, Mark; Eren, Yotam; El-Osta, Assam (2016-08-23). “Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature”. Genome Biology. 17 (1). doi:10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7. ISSNÂ 1474-760X. PMCÂ 4994289. PMIDÂ 27552985.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ “Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates”. The Verge. 2020-08-06. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
