Synopses & Reviews
Learn to:- Navigate and analyze data
- Work with external databases, PivotTables, and PivotCharts
- Use Excel for statistical and financial functions
- Make the most of the latest features of Excel 2013
Want to analyze data? Let Excel do the heavy lifting!
If you’re like most people, you probably don’t take full advantage of Excel’s data analysis tools. This friendly guide walks you through the features of Excel to help you discover the insights in your rough data. From input, to analysis, to visualization, this book shows you how to use Excel to uncover what’s hidden within the numbers.
- The buck stops here — get straightforward guidance on how to put information into Excel workbooks so that you can begin to analyze it
- You oughta know — find must-know, useful tidbits about statistics, analyzing data, and visually presenting data that will make sense of the stuff you’re digging for
- Behold the power — discover the most powerful data analysis tools that Excel provides, its cross-tabulation capabilities PivotTable and PivotChart
- You’re analyzing data, darling — get to know the more sophisticated tools provided by Excel data analysis add-ons, like t-test, z-test, scatter plot, regression, ANOVA, and Fourier
Open the book and find:
- How to make the most of Excel to analyze data
- Insight into the info you’re already working with
- No-sweat descriptions of how to get things done
- Guidance on creating PivotTables and PivotCharts
- Easy explanations of Excel add-ons
- Useful data analysis tips and facts
- A handy glossary of terms
- Fancier tools for those who have mastered the basics
Synopsis
What the book covers: 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, using the Small Business Finance Manager, and more.
Updated coverage of the new version: A technology update to the existing edition for Excel 2013. This new edition will have approximately 30% new content covering the latest updates and enhancements made to Microsoft Excel.
Series features: Information presented in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the Dummies series.
Synopsis
Harness the power of Excel to discover what your numbers are hidingExcel Data Analysis For Dummies, 2nd Edition is the ultimate guide to getting the most out of your data. Veteran Dummies author Stephen L. Nelson guides you through the basic and not-so-basic features of Excel to help you discover the gems hidden in your rough data. From input, to analysis, to visualization, the book walks you through the steps that lead to superior data analysis.
Excel is the number-one spreadsheet application, with ever-expanding capabilities. If you're only using it to balance the books, you're missing out on a host of functions that can benefit your business or personal finances by uncovering trends and other important information hidden within the numbers. Excel Data Analysis For Dummies, 2nd Edition eliminates the need for advanced statistics or analysis courses by allowing you to harness the full power of Excel to do the heavy lifting for you. This 2nd Edition is fully updated to include information about Excel's latest features, making it a your go-to Excel guide for data analysis. Topics include:
- Working with external databases
- PivotTables and PivotCharts
- Using Excel for statistical and financial functions
- Solver, Small Business Finance Manager, and more
The book also includes a guide to chart types and formatting, and advice on effective visual data presentation. You already have the data, so you might as well get something great out of it. Excel Data Analysis For Dummies, 2nd Edition is the key to discovering what your numbers are hiding.
About the Author
Stephen L. Nelson is an author and CPA who provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. He is the author of more than 100 books, including QuickBooks For Dummies and Quicken For Dummies.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Where’s the Beef? 7
Chapter 1: Introducing Excel Tables 9
Chapter 2: Grabbing Data from External Sources 31
Chapter 3: Scrub-a-Dub-Dub: Cleaning Data 57
Part II: PivotTables and PivotCharts 79
Chapter 4: Working with PivotTables 81
Chapter 5: Building PivotTable Formulas 107
Chapter 6: Working with PivotCharts 127
Chapter 7: Customizing PivotCharts 141
Part III: Advanced Tools 155
Chapter 8: Using the Database Functions 157
Chapter 9: Using the Statistics Functions 177
Chapter 10: Descriptive Statistics 225
Chapter 11: Inferential Statistics 245
Chapter 12: Optimization Modeling with Solver 263
Part IV: The Part of Tens 287
Chapter 13: Ten Things You Ought to Know about Statistics 289
Chapter 14: Almost Ten Tips for Presenting Table Results and Analyzing Data 301
Chapter 15: Ten Tips for Visually Analyzing and Presenting Data 307
Appendix: Glossary of Data Analysis and Excel Terms 319
Index 329