Guerrilla Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel: 2nd Edition Covering Excel 2010/2013

This is a must have for anyone who uses Excel. From the comfortable writing style to the excellent and clearly worded examples I can not recommend this book highly enough, regardless of your skill level with Excel.In this day and age of online lessons and the ease of just 'Googling' whatever the current need is it's still nice to have a hard copy handy. Mine is never far from my desk. I consider myself a fairly advanced Excel user, at least compared to what I usually see around me in the IT world and I am still learning a lot from Oz. Most just use Excel for quick and dirty lists (and messy ones at that) but there are so many more possibilities - this book is a great resource for those that know just enough to be dangerous and need a little nudge to go from barely usable to very flexible and accurate.Did I mention this is a must have?

Learning Excel is such a valuable asset to any professional and the author provides great information that's straight to the point. You'll learn things that will have your boss begging for your help.

I highly recommend this book to beginners and intermediate Excel users. The authors make the topics covered very accessible. I consider myself an intermediate user but still found things of interest in this book.Regarding the book's physical aspects; I wasn't too impressed with the binding at first but warmed up to it when I realized I could lay the book flat while working with it on my pc. The paper quality is a non-issue for me. The paper is not high-gloss but the book isn't $40 either.

So far I am impressed. This book gives me guidance in tackling data, which I handle day in and day out. I am always buying Excel books, especially ones that Bill Jelen has something to do with. If you need more data analysis knowledge do yourself a favor pick up this book. You will not regret it.

If you want a book that makes you feel like you "can" do it, this is it!!The book is easy to follow and has things you may not logically go to on your own.And it takes assumptions off the table. Straight to business and grinds into the topic so you learn it well.

This book is a highlight of my career back then whereby I learnt Bill's tips and gave it a go at my old workplace. It is not the trouble I got into but the trouble I did to learn something new and for life!Congratulation Bill for hand me something I can use and use well.

The lessons and images (screenshots) make it easy to learn more in Excel using this book. You do not necessarily need to be in front of your computer.I started recommending it to my coworkers.

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This is an astonishing book for Excel users. If it isn't already a 'classic' it deserves to be. Bill Jelen is well know for his daily podcasts and forums but to have his expertise in print is invaluable.If you need a book that can take you effortlessly up to "brilliant-user mode" by starting with where you are in "confident-user mode", then this book is for you. If you are responsible for analysing company data and don't want to risk giving your managers a misleading report, this book is definitely for you. And if you need a book that just happens to include the neatest explanation of all 342 Excel main functions, then this book is for you too. A fantastic bargain! Buy it NOW!

Easy to follow and very informative. This book is great introduction to managing large set of data in Excel. Oz is also a leading host of the ExelTv, great Excel tips for heavy and light spreadsheet users.

I love Excel and it's power for extracting data. It is easy to amaze my colleagues with my knowledge, but since reading this book and putting it into practice I have taken on a God-like status at work. The office is beginning to smell a bit of rotting fatted calves that have been made as offerings at the altar of me. What is more annoying though is that the place is cluttered up with wise men, gold, frankencense and some other stuff. God only knows what it is.

Very engaging and the running example makes it very handy and simple to understand. A few typos but overall a worthwhile purchase. Author's focus on trying to do things with least amount of effort is very useful for performing repetetive tasks. The book itself was pretty short and can be easily covered in a few days.