文档介绍：Excel Data Analysis
Hector Guerrero
Excel Data Analysis
Modeling and Simulation
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Dr. Hector Guerrero
Mason School of Business
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23189
USA
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ISBN 978-3-642-10834-1 e-ISBN 978-3-642-10835-8
DOI -3-642-10835-8
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Preface
Why does the World Need—Excel Data Analysis, Modeling, and
Simulation?
When spreadsheets first became widely available in the early 1980s, it spawned a
revolution in teaching. What previously could only be done with arcane software
and large puting was now available to mon-man, on a desktop.
Also, before spreadsheets, most substantial analytical work was done outside the
classroom where the tools were; spreadsheets and puters moved the
work into the classroom. Not only did it change how the analysis curriculum was
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