Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365) (Business Skills)

Product Description
Master business modeling and analysis techniques with Microsoft Excel and Office 365 and transform data into bottom-line results. Written by award-winning educator Wayne Winston, this hands-on, scenario-focused guide helps you use Excel to ask the right questions and get accurate, actionable answers. A lot has changed in Office 365 since the previous edition. This new edition covers new functions (STOCKHISTORY, LET, LAMBDA, XLOOKUP) and new array functions. It also covers the new Data types that have been added. Finally, we've increased the coverage of Power Pivot , Macros, and Power Query.
Practice with more than 800 problems, many based on actual challenges faced by working analysts. Solve real business problems with Excel―and build your competitive advantage:
Quickly transition from Excel basics to sophisticated analytics
Use PowerQuery or Get & Transform to connect, combine, and refine data sources
Leverage Office 365's new Geography and Stock data types and six new functions
Illuminate insights from geographic and temporal data with 3D Maps
Summarize data with pivot tables, descriptive statistics, histograms, and Pareto charts
Use Excel trend curves, multiple regression, and exponential smoothing
Delve into key financial, statistical, and time functions
Master all of Excel's great charts
Quickly create forecasts from historical time-based data
Use Solver to optimize product mix, logistics, work schedules, and investments―and even rate sports teams
Run Monte Carlo simulations on stock prices and bidding models
Learn about basic probability and Bayes' Theorem
Use the Data Model and Power Pivot to effectively build and use relational data sources inside an Excel workbook
Automate repetitive analytics tasks by using macros
About the Author
Wayne L. Winston is Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, where he won 40+ teaching awards. He developed spreadsheet modeling coursework for Harvard Business School Publishing, and has taught or consulted on using Excel to improve decision-making at Microsoft, Cisco, Morgan Stanley, Pfizer, Verizon, the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and many other organizations. A two-time Jeopardy! Champion, he co-developed the Dallas Mavericks' player tracking and rating system.