Description:
25-Word Description
Well known consultant statistician and business professor Wayne Winston teaches by example the best ways to use Microsoft Excel for data analysis modeling and decision making within real-world business scenarios.


75-Word 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 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 ready for use in your own work. Updated versions of some files are available at: Microsoft's Knowledge Base site at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842652.

Positioning Statement:
Discover what business analysts at leading companies know about using Excel to make better decisions direct from the expert that taught them!

Unique Selling Proposition:


Key Book Benefits:
• Author Wayne Winston is a highly regarded corporate consultant and business school professor who teaches the best ways to use Excel for data analysis and decision making.
• Each of the 70+ concise business-focused chapters begins with a real-world scenario and then shows you how to use Excel within that context to create an effective solution.
• Topics include asset allocation modeling creating histograms elasticity and demand curves estimating exponential growth forecasting sales optimal bidding strategies portfolio optimization and more!
• Bonus content: see how to use the powerful Excel Solver add-in to analyze statistics with a fun fantasy football exercise.
• CD features the sample files used in the book.
Will Sell Like:
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Inside Out by Craig Stinson and Mark Dodge (ISBN: 0-7356-1511-X)

Target Audience:
Business analysts

About the Technology:
Excel 2003 was introduced in fall 2003 as part of the Microsoft Office System. Office XP will continue to be marketed by Microsoft even after the Office 2003 products launch. This book covers Excel 2000 Excel 2002 and Excel 2003.