Excel Data Analysis for Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) - Softcover

McFedries, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119518164 ISBN 13: 9781119518167

Publisher: For Dummies, 2018

Synopsis

<p><b>Take Excel to the next level</b></p> <p>Excel is the world&rsquo;s leading spreadsheet application. It&rsquo;s a key module in Microsoft Office&mdash;the number-one productivity suite&mdash;and it is the number-one business intelligence tool. An Excel dashboard report is a visual presentation of critical data and uses gauges, maps, charts, sliders, and other graphical elements to present complex data in an easy-to-understand format.&nbsp;</p> <p><i>Excel Data Analysis For Dummies</i> explains in depth how to use Excel as a tool for analyzing big data sets.&nbsp;In no time, you&rsquo;ll discover how to mine and analyze critical data in order to make more informed business decisions.</p> <ul> <li>Work with external databases, PivotTables, and Pivot Charts</li> <li>Use Excel for statistical and financial functions and data sharing</li> <li>Get familiar with Solver</li> <li>Use the Small Business Finance Manager</li> </ul> <p>If you&rsquo;re familiar with Excel but lack a background in the technical aspects of data analysis, this user-friendly book makes it easy to start putting it to use for you.</p>

About this title

About the Author

<p><b>Paul McFedries</b> is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company, and has worked with computers large and small since 1975. Although now primarily a writer, Paul has worked as a programmer, consultant, database developer, and website developer. Paul has written more than 90 books that have sold over four million copies worldwide.

From the Back Cover

• Navigate and analyze complicated data
• Work with external databases, PivotTables, and PivotCharts
• Make the most of the latest features of Excel 2019

Take your Excel data-analysis skills to the next level

If you can get data into Excel, then you have a giant basket of data analysis tools at your fingertips. This book shows you how to access and use the features and techniques for organizing, manipulating, and summarizing just about anything that resides in a worksheet. So if you're familiar with Excel but lack a background in the technical aspects of data analysis, this user-friendly book makes it easy to start putting Excel to use for you.

Inside...

• Work with external databases
• Start data sharing
• Get familiar with Solver
• Clean your data
• Use PivotTables and PivotCharts
• Track trends and make forecasts

From the Inside Flap

• Navigate and analyze complicated data
• Work with external databases, PivotTables, and PivotCharts
• Make the most of the latest features of Excel 2019

Take your Excel data-analysis skills to the next level

If you can get data into Excel, then you have a giant basket of data analysis tools at your fingertips. This book shows you how to access and use the features and techniques for organizing, manipulating, and summarizing just about anything that resides in a worksheet. So if you're familiar with Excel but lack a background in the technical aspects of data analysis, this user-friendly book makes it easy to start putting Excel to use for you.

Inside...

• Work with external databases
• Start data sharing
• Get familiar with Solver
• Clean your data
• Use PivotTables and PivotCharts
• Track trends and make forecasts

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119518164
• ISBN 13: 9781119518167
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 338