Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel: Updated for Office XP

Spreadsheet skills are important for a first job, and DATA ANALYSIS USING MICROSOFT EXCEL prepares students to enter the world of work with stronger spreadsheet skills. Designed as a supplement to a main statistics text or as a reference for professionals, this handbook helps students build their proficiency in Microsoft Excel and shows them how to use the built-in capabilities of Excel to analyze data and make decisions. Although many of the examples are business oriented, the step-by-step approach makes this book appropriate for statistical analysis in other courses and academic disciplines.

Michael R. Middleton is a Professor of Decision Sciences at the School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco, where he has taught since 1977. He is a member of the Decision Sciences Institute, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, and the American Statistical Association. He has published three books with Duxbury, delivered a variety of seminars and workshops in decision science, and authored two decision science software programs.