So here's a funny deal: You know how to use Excel. You know how to create simple workbooks. And how to print stuff. And you can even, with just a little bit of fiddling, create cool-looking charts. But sometimes you wish that you could do more with Excel, such as how to use Excel to really gain insights into information, the data, that you work with in your job.
Using Excel for this kind of stuff is what Excel Data Analysis For Dummies is all about. This is a book that assumes that you want to use Excel to learn new stuff, discover new secrets, and gain new insights into the information you're already working with in Excel.
Ready to take Excel to the next level? This plain-English guide covers all of these concepts, and more, to ensure that you're using Excel to its fullest capacity:
Harnessing information in lists
Querying external databases and Web pages tables
Cleaning data with text functions
Building and working with PivotTables
Customizing PivotCharts
Using the statistics functions
Understanding Optimization Modeling
If all this talk of statistics and advanced tools makes you light-headed, don't worry. Excel Data Analysis For Dummies distills the most important fundamentals into everyday language. You'll find just enough information to help you get your work done - without leaving you gasping for air in a sea of technobabble. It'd be a real shame if you didn't at least know what bells and whistles Excel has to offer and the basic steps that you need to use them.
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Excelling at Analysis:
The world of mathematical analysis is changing, and for the people involved, doing so at ever younger ages. As a Physics teacher, much of the mathematical modeling or problem solving strategies that come first to a student is something that I might say as a "brute force" method. While not an elegant method sometimes, the computer in general, or graphing calculators in particular are able to handle the demands of a student's "brute force" method of problem attack. While the elegance of some mathematics... more info
New tricks for an old dog:
I've been using Excel for years, but I've always been frustrated by the more advanced stuff in Excel. Things like pivot tables and pivot charts, or the super-powerful but mega-confusing VLOOKUP function. Sometimes I'd get lucky and figure out how to get one of these things to work, but most times I'd have to ask a co-worker to figure it out for me.
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