Teaching analytics with modern Excel
It's not what you know, it's who you know.This line bothers me. It sounds almost conspiratorial, as if there is some group of others working together to hold you back.It's also a false dichotomy. How …
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The legendary "Mr Excel" Bill Jelen has shared that once at an Excel training seminar, someone asked him how we was adding up rows from within Excel."How do you add your data?" Bill asked."I get out …
I love PivotTables because they do all the "data housework" for me, allowing me to analyze data rather than gather, manage, and format it.One undesirable feature of the PivotTable is how it treats …
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Conditional formatting is great for making quick sense of your data visually. It's a good idea to check for duplicates when receiving a dataset like this one. The next step of course is to figure out …
Think copywriting, and you likely picture shots of glamorous models with pithy slogans.I think of a different model: the business model. Cold, exacting, and anything but glamorous!In Dominic …
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When teaching in Poland one summer, my coworker received a t-shirt from a student which read:School is not like the pub... You do not have to go to school every day.I've got a lot of mileage from this …
