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Data Analysis and Business Modeling with Excel 2013

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Data Analysis and Business Modeling with Excel 2013

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Data Analysis and Business Modeling with Excel 2013
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
10
Creating Interactive Spreadsheets Using Tables and Slicers
Index

Chapter 5. Analyzing Your Data Using Descriptive Statistics and Charts

We are finally at that step of the process for which we've been waiting for: the analysis step. This is the step where we put our inquisitive hat on and start to get to know the data we are working with. This is the step where you can uncover new information and possibly find more data issues. We will go through the actual data from a website called Fast Forms. This is a website for people who rent property and for those who are looking to rent their property. What kind of data does this website have? Is it the data that tracks web visitors? No, the data does not consist of those who have visited the site; the data comes from the web application's own database. You will have to continue to read this chapter to find out more information. Note that we will be going through the same steps we have already covered in addition to introducing basic statistics and plotting. This is one of the chapters that will utilize a lot...