Spreadsheet skills are important for a first job, and DATA ANALYSIS USING MICROSOFT EXCEL prepares students to enter the world of work with stronger spreadsheet skills. Designed as a supplement to a main statistics text or as a reference for professionals, this handbook helps students build their proficiency in Microsoft Excel and shows them how to use the built-in capabilities of Excel to analyze data and make decisions. Although many of the examples are business oriented, the step-by-step approach makes this book appropriate for statistical analysis in other courses and academic disciplines.