Excel Statistics
A Quick Guide
Ideal for those already familiar with basic Excel features, this updated Third Edition of Neil J. Salkind’s Excel Statistics: A Quick Guide shows readers how to utilize Microsoft® Excel’s functions and Analysis ToolPak to answer simple and complex questions about data. Part I explores 35 Excel functions, while Part II contains 20 Analysis ToolPak tools. To make it easy to see what each function or tool looks like when applied, at-a-glance two-page spreads describe each function and its use with corresponding screenshots. In addition, actual data files used in the examples are readily available online at an open-access Student Study Site.
Supplements
Download the Excel data files that accompany the book to put your new skills into practice!
“The explanations are simple, concise, thorough, and easy to follow. The book covers everything you would want a book like this to cover. It is an excellent resource…”
“My students, as geographers, don’t really need to understand the in-depth math behind the statistics, I really like that it’s straightforward and simple.”
“The plentiful example data and exercises (with answers) are really useful for enabling students to confidently enact each of the methods.”
“Dr. Salkind’s approach is so helpful for [readers], as it’s very guided and with very clear written directions. [T]he level of difficulty is just perfect for them and that is why I really prefer using his materials.”
“The book covers the most important aspects for an introduction to Excel.”
“I think this text will serve as a great reference, one that I believe my students will use outside of class in years to come.”
“I liked this text because it enables students to use software they already have.”
Provides straight forward, easily understood directions regarding some of Excel's more complex analytical functions. Appropriate when used in conjunction with the primary text: Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping by Rachel Boba Santos.
