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 I liked it August 23, 2007
S. J. Phillips
4 out of 4 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
The master (Albrook, Panama)
4 out of 4 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
R. Snavely
26 out of 29 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!!
Excellent March 17, 2005
R Smith (chicago, il)
36 out of 36 found this review helpful
This book is excellent for seasoned Excel users and people who were taught (but didn't learn) statistics in your average graduate school program. I have never seen statistical concepts so briefly and at the same time well explained. Actually applying the concepts adds another level of learning. I highly recommend this book.
More Than a Simple Spread Sheet March 4, 2005
John Matlock (Winnemucca, NV)
32 out of 36 found this review helpful
Excel is of course first and foremost a spreadsheet. They were designed to allow you to play what if senarios. You can change this part of the budget to see what the effect is over there.
But beyond the spread sheet functionality Excel has numerous functions and capabilities to do all kinds of analysis capabilities.
This book is on using these functions to perform a whole range of statistical functions. Not only does this book cover the functions themselves, but gives the background and description of what this particular kind of function is doing. Both numerical analysis and charting functions are included and in detail.
Don't skip the part in this book called the Part of Tens. This section in the For Dummies books often has some interesting points, but here the summation of statistical limitations is just great.
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