Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies | 
| Author: Joseph Schmuller
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 11534
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 408
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 0764575945
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.50285554
UPC: 785555892149
EAN: 9780764575945
ASIN: 0764575945
Publication Date: March 4, 2005
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Product Description
- 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
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 I hate statistics, but this book helped it make sense. September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been taking a statistics course and was terrible at the concepts being taught. Regression, Anova, single sample, etc. So I bought this book since I am a total dummy when it comes to Stats. The book really does a great job as long as you have windows and excel as you can imagine given the title of the book. :) I do recommend it to anyone struggling as it walks you through step by step of each type of problem and explains in clear english what exactly is going on. I found myself making notes, highlighting and referencing various formulas in it often. Thanks to this book I passed my stats class!
 An excellent resource November 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 of the analysis.
In addition, the author introduces each statistical function by explaining what the function does, how it does it, and why one might consider using it. The examples are brief, but that's because the book isn't intended to be a comprehensive introduction to statistics. (One excellent book for that is "Statistics for Dummies," by Deborah Rumsey.)
As is the case with most of the "for Dummies" books, this one divides the information into short, easily digestible bites. The writing style is somewhat breezy, but that never interferes with the utility of the book.
This is an excellent, short reference that is worth every penny. I'm very happy I bought it, and I'd do it again.
I liked it August 23, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
very helpful for someone who has little previous knowledge of the subject. I needed a simple lead in and this provided.
A good book May 4, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book as a reference for Stats analysis , it is good for this , dont buy if you expect to get a deep knowledge in the subject.
Excellent Reference, Not For Beginners. February 8, 2007
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
I bought this book to help me with the statistical analyses involved with my senior dissertation at my university. I am a psychology major and I could use all the help I could get understanding the Results Sections in the literature. This book explains all kinds of statistics, including the very helpful ANOVA and regression analysis amongst many other. However, it doesn't explain very well when or why you use these statistics. They don't provide many examples of research or problems that require such analyses. This book is great for a step by step tutorial using Excel and handwriting statistics problems, and reading your data.... but unless you have an idea of what you're looking for in the first place, don't bother. I am totally ignorant to statistical analyses and coming into this book, I didn't know when to use ANCOVA or even what precisely it was demonstrating in relation to the research I am conducting... and I still only have a vague idea... Hopefully this will all be explained in course. But, this is a valued reference for all Excel users, without a doubt!!
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