Excel 2007

ebook Business Statistics

By Cortés Farey

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Excel 2007: Business Statistics with Cortés Farey shows managers and executives how to assess their organization's data effectively by applying statistical analysis techniques. The course covers important statistical terms and definitions, and then dives into techniques using the tools in Excel: formulas and functions for calculating averages and standard deviations, charts and graphs for summarizing data, and the Analysis Toolpak add-in for even greater insights into data. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

  • Understanding statistical terms

  • Creating a basic Excel table

  • Auditing formulas

  • Creating frequency distributions for qualitative data

  • Calculating a running total

  • Creating a histogram

  • Using PivotTables

  • Calculating mean, median, mode, and other numerical data

  • Using probability distributions

  • Population sampling

  • Testing hypotheses

  • Developing liner and multiple regression models

    The skills acquired from this version are mostly applicable to newer versions of Excel.

    If you think that Microsoft Excel is only for business purposes, you are wrong. Many use it for various personal needs at home too. Some of the features that you should understand about Microsoft Excel to unlock the potentiality of this application are working with spreadsheets, cell formatting, various menus and toolbars, entering of data and editing the same, navigating between various spreadsheets, formula calculation, inserting various functions like date/time, mathematical functions, using of various charts that are available, inserting, editing and deleting comments on cells, etc.

    Computer Based Training (CBT) is a way to master MS Excel. This is where you take your own time to master the application. With the help of CBT, you get realistic, interactive and complete training. You get to learn right from what a beginner should learn to advanced level. Once the training is over, you would have mastered Microsoft Excel. You get to see simulations of Microsoft Excel application software. Some CBT also offer review quiz questions to gauge your understanding. CBT generally offer interactive, complete and comprehensive training. As it offers practice questions, you will be able to understand better and gain confidence in using the application. According to me, this is one of the best ways to learn Microsoft Excel.

    The concept of spreadsheeting has been around for hundreds of years. The process can be described as the ability to arrange numbers, characters and other objects into rows and columns. It is most common that spreadsheets only contain numbers and text. The software version of spreadsheeting basically takes the manual processes described above and puts them into an electronic format. Whilst the accounting industry which most commonly uses spreadsheets they can be used in any situation.

  • Excel 2007