Excel Data Analysis For Dummies

by Stephen L. Nelson

Excel Data Analysis For Dummies is for readers who want to move beyond building simple worksheets and want to begin using Excel to gain valuable insight from their data.

Focuses on the features of Excel that are important to businesses and researchers including: working with external databases, PivotTables and Pivot Charts, using Excel for statistical and financial functions, data sharing, working with Solver, and using the Small Business Finance Manager.

Provides detailed step-by-step instructions on the use of Excel to perform statistical analysis.

Author Biography: Stephen L. Nelson (Redmond, WA) writes about business application software and using technology in business. Nelson, the author of Quicken For Dummies, QuickBooks For Dummies, and more than 100 other titles is an M.B.A. and C.P.A. A Wall Street Journal article called Nelson "The Louis L' Amour of computer book writers."

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Software, Technology

360 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 15, 2002

About the author

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Stephen L. Nelson (b. 1959) is the author of more than 160 books about using personal computers, including Quicken for Dummies, QuickBooks for Dummies, MBA's Guide to Microsoft Excel, and Excel Data Analysis for Dummies. The Wall Street Journal once called him the Louis L'Amour of computer books because at the time (December 2000), he had written more computer books than any other author.

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Reviews

[Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good! I read up to and including Pivot Tables. It feels good to finally know what the heck are pivot tables! There are plenty of pictures to guide you and the instructions are well written, except for one thing, and this is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. In the beginning of the book, it is explained that in order to guide you, a ribbon name will be given, followed by the ribbon's category name, followed by the button you should click. Well, the ribbon name was often ignored, so I was hunting down the button I was supposed to click.

Highly recommended.

[NeeL]

Couldn't finish this one, left at 65%.
Because I've forgotten about all the t-test, f-test, regression etc. will have to learn and come back
:(

[Ashok Krishna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whether you're a beginner, student trying to grasp the basics of Excel or a corporate executive trying to grab some insights from your data using an efficient spreadsheet like Excel, or a budding data analyst trying to work your way through heaps of data in a simple way, this book has something for everyone. Not in depth, but this can take you far enough to give you confidence about your ability to work through your data.

[Kristen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book ranged from completely basic to "I thought this was for dummies".