Excel 2007 Data Analysis For
Dummies (For Dummies
(Computer/Tech)) by Stephen L.
Nelson CPA MBA MS
Data Analysis
Shows ordinary users how to tap the rich data analysis functionality of
Excel, make sense of their organizations critical financial and statistical
information, and put together compelling data presentations Now
revised with over 30 percent new content to cover the enhancements in
Excel 2007, including the completely redesigned user interface,
augmented charting and PivotTable capabilities, improved security, and
better data exchange through XML Provides thorough coverage of
Excel features that are critical to data analysis-working with external
databases, creating PivotTables and PivotCharts, using Excel statistical
and financial functions, sharing data, harnessing the Solver, taking
advantage of the Small Business Finance Manager, and more
Personal Review: Excel 2007 Data Analysis For Dummies (For
Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Stephen L. Nelson CPA MBA MS
I am a big fan of the Dummies books. I bought a ton of them and
managed to learn a lot of good stuff this way. The author, Stephen
Nelson, covers this occasionally not so simple subject in a very user
friendly way right in line with the Dummies series tradition.
Keep in mind what this book' s purpose is about. It is essentially an Excel
manual specializing on a specific set of functions to conduct certain types
of data analysis. It is not a book about statistical analysis or data analysis.
The author teaches you how to use those functions and Excel capabilities,
but he won't teach you much about data analysis and statistics. For that
you will need specific statistics books written by statistics professors. This
book instead is a "how to" guide written by a CPA. And, given the book's
purpose that's just fine.

Also, before buying any such book make sure you really study the table of
content. This is to ensure the book covers what you need to learn.
Different books covering the same overall subject (using Excel to conduct
data analysis) could very well cover a fairly different set of topics with not
much overlap between them. This is because Excel has so much width to
its capabilities, you can easily take it in different directions.
When I looked at the table of content, I noted that Stephen Nelson is huge
on Pivot Tables. He probably wrote the only book on data analysis
dedicating a full four chapters to Pivot Tables. That was fine with me since
I really wanted to learn about them.
In any case, if the book's table of content covers what you want to learn on
the subject this is a very good book.
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