Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling

Product Description

Now you can apply the techniques that business analysts at leading companies use to analyze and transform data into bottom line results. For more than 10 years, well-known consultant and business professor Wayne Winston has been teaching corporate clients and MBA candidates the most effective ways to use Microsoft Excel for data analysis, modeling, and decision making. This practical, business-focused guide delivers the best of Winston's classroom experience to you in 70+ concise chapters, organized by real-world scenarios. Quickly find and apply exactly the information you need to solve a specific business problem#151;from asset allocation modeling to estimating exponential growth, forecasting sales, optimizing portfolios, and other critical functions. You also get all the book's sample files on CD-ROM#151;ready for use in your own work.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #37019 in Books
* Published on: 2004-02-25
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 624 pages

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About the Author
Wayne L. Winston teaches decision sciences at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. For more than 10 years he has taught business analysts how to use Excel to make better decisions. His clients include Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Corporation; Intel Corporation; Microsoft Corporation; NCR Corporation; Owens Corning; Pfizer, Inc.; Proctor & Gamble; the U.S. Army; and the U.S. Department of Defense. Wayne and business partner Jeff Sagarin developed a player rating system that the Dallas Mavericks use to identify statistical trends and evaluate players. Wayne is also a two-time Jeopardy! Champion.
Customer Reviews

Very Good Book5
I am an intermediate Excel user. I was looking for a book that could be used as a quick reference. This book is the best book I have ever read. I learned a great deal about hidden capabilities of Microsoft Excel. If you work with excel a lot, especially for analyzing data, this is the book for you. Every chapter introduces a new excel technique. Explanations are straight forward and easy to understand. Included CD has all the examples, both solved and unsolved.

I analyze a lot of data in my job everyday. Techniques I learned from this book help me everyday in getting my work done faster.

Great Book5
Excellent...It really help me to better understand the data analysis with many differents case scenarios...exercises...its for everyone.

Real Good for a textbook.4
I had to use for a college class, but great speed in shipping.