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Beginning Excel What-If

Data Analysis Tools

Getting Started with Goal Seek,

Data Tables, Scenarios, and Solver

Paul Cornell

Beginning Excel What-If Data Analysis Tools: Getting Started with Goal Seek, Data Tables, Scenarios,

and Solver

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Contents at a Glance

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

About the Technical Reviewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

CHAPTER 1

Goal Seek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

CHAPTER 2

Data Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

CHAPTER 3

Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

CHAPTER 4

Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

CHAPTER 5

Case Study: Using Excel What-If Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

APPENDIX A Excel What-If Tools Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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APPENDIX B Summary of Other Helpful Excel Data Analysis Tools . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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APPENDIX C Summary of Common Excel Data Analysis Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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APPENDIX D Additional Excel Data Analysis Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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