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Excel Data Analysis: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating and Analyzing Data, Charts and PivotTables
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Rating:  - An okay book for Excel
Not the best book I've read for data analysis, I bought it by accident when I actually wanted to buy another one. It's okay when you're a intermediate level user. I'm not an advance user, but I knew most of the things in the book, so it didn't help me that much in terms of learning new tips.
Rating:  - Blueprint for Excel Data Analysis Follows Through
In regard to content and functionality, Jinjer Simon's book is a more than adequate text that takes the reader from the rudimentary to the intermediate/advanced techniques in each of the areas of Excel data analysis that is covered. For the most part, the format is concise and clear. The association between text and spreadsheet illustrations is well done. Appendixes A and B in the back are helpful in quick referencing: Excel functions (B) and VBA statements, VBA functions, and Excel Events. The CD does an adequate job of providing some but not all the examples that I would have liked to see. I do appreciate the data analysis software trial tools offered on the CD. Its always nice to be able to kick the tires before purchasing or recommending additional software.
In regard to real world application, I have found Chapters 5: Working with External Data , and Chapter 11: Using the Analysis Tool Packs Add-ins as a good reference guide to small business auditing in Excel. The definitions, concepts and instructions are easy to communicate to the small business user and staff..
Rating:  - AWESOME
This is the best book I have found for excel. Quick, with just enough information to find almost anything to get you on the right track. Not for the beginner but more for the intermediate.
Rating: - The Joys of Excel
This book has mixed qualities. It is 'good' from the standpoint of being succinct in the explanations it does give.
It is 'not good' from the standpoint of being cluttered by the meaningless effort to make it appear as a series of blueprints. This is simply more 'cutsie' than helpful.
The chapters have no identifiers; the various statistical tests -- certainly more powerful than the average person needs --are not explained with any depth.
The entire book gives the appearance of having been thrown together.
Charles Justice
Bloomington, Indiana
Rating: - A good reference, but not for "anybody"; allow me to explain
First of all I have to confess that this book was acquired under the conditions that I probably know 90% of the materials covered in the book. Thus my interest is in the 10% I am not aware of and the other 10% if there are alternative ways to solve problems better than I am doing now.
In this regards, I am satisfied. However if you are looking for learning simple "how-to"s like conditional formula, creating a chart, you would be disappointed since this book covers too much depth for beginners and it becomes easy to get lost in the sea of information.
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