Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies

By Joseph Schmuller

Book Overview

This book makes it easy to crunch numbers and interpret statistics with Excel, even for the math-challenged Using plain English and real-life examples, the author provides information that will help readers improve their performance on the job or in the classroom Covers formulas and functions, charts and PivotTables, samples and normal distributions, probabilities and related distributions, trends and correlations, as well as statistical terms like median vs. mean, margin of error, standard deviation, permutations, and correlations-all using Excel

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764575945
• ISBN13: 9780764575945
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Easy to follow - lots of examples

I had statistics in college (15+ years ago) but don't remember much. I don't have any statistical software at work, but need to do some deeper analysis. I bought this book and am about 1/2 way through. It is very easy to understand and is loaded with examples. I never realized I could do so much with Excel. Although this book was written for Excel 2003, I'm using 2007 and can still follow along without any issues. I'd...

An excellent resource

This is an excellent resource for those who need to do statistical analysis, but who don't want to (or can't afford) to hire it professionally done. Excel has many sophisticated statistical analysis tools built in. The author explains how to access these capabilities, how to decide which of them to use, and how to use them correctly. In addition, there is a great deal of information on designing graphs to display the results...

I liked it

very helpful for someone who has little previous knowledge of the subject. I needed a simple lead in and this provided.

Excellent

This book is excellent for seasoned Excel users and people who were taught (but didn't learn) statistics in your average graduate school program. I have never seen statistical concepts so briefly and at the same time well explained. Actually applying the concepts adds another level of learning. I highly recommend this book.

More Than a Simple Spread Sheet

Excel is of course first and foremost a spreadsheet. They were designed to allow you to play what if senarios. You can change this part of the budget to see what the effect is over there. But beyond the spread sheet functionality Excel has numerous functions and capabilities to do all kinds of analysis capabilities. This book is on using these functions to perform a whole range of statistical functions. Not only does this...