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Decision Making with Insight: With Insight.Xla 2.0:2nd (Second) edition
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First published January 1, 2003
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April 17, 2025
Along with Flaw of Averages, this book was recommended by a respected ex-boss of mine.
I won't be taking my ex-boss's advice on book to read anymore. It was less a book about decision making and more a book about trying to make Excel do tricks. Are some of those tricks useful?
Absolutely!
But not the way that Savage presents them. I looked into it learn something more about Monte Carlo simulations for example, but what he presents in the book was too convoluted, at least for me. I ended up finding other ways of setting up MC sims in a spreadsheets that were much more clear and easier to setup and manipulate.
Don't bother with this; again, like with my review of Flaw of Averages, you can find better content on the Internet. I want my books to give me insight that can't be found elsewhere; this doesn't do it.
I won't be taking my ex-boss's advice on book to read anymore. It was less a book about decision making and more a book about trying to make Excel do tricks. Are some of those tricks useful?
Absolutely!
But not the way that Savage presents them. I looked into it learn something more about Monte Carlo simulations for example, but what he presents in the book was too convoluted, at least for me. I ended up finding other ways of setting up MC sims in a spreadsheets that were much more clear and easier to setup and manipulate.
Don't bother with this; again, like with my review of Flaw of Averages, you can find better content on the Internet. I want my books to give me insight that can't be found elsewhere; this doesn't do it.
February 28, 2016
A great way to think about statistics and how to make an informed decision quickly.
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