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ISBN #978-1-959142-05-8

Excel Educator

Nick Ball, PhD
Gove Allen, PhD

Excel Educator equips you with practical, job-ready Excel skills. You’ll progress from foundational concepts to advanced techniques like business process modeling, what-if analysis, PivotTables, and Solver. Through guided lessons, hands-on practice, and real-world assignments, you’ll build confidence using Excel to analyze data, solve problems, and make informed decisions. Immediate, detailed feedback helps you learn faster and apply skills correctly as you go.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Introduction and Device Setup
Lesson 1: Excel Basics
Lesson 2: Formulas and Functions
Lesson 3: Logic and Reference Functions
Lesson 4: Date, Time, and Text Functions
Lesson 5: Charting
Lesson 6: Modeling Basics
Lesson 7: Advanced Modeling
Lesson 8: Statistics
Lesson 9: Analyzing Data with PivotTables
Lesson 10: Optimization Analysis
Appendix A: Shortcuts

From concept to capability

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