Excel for Scientists

For scientists tired of trying to learn Excel with examples from accounting, this 589 slide, self-paced training CD-ROM is loaded with informative samples from the world of science. Scientists can click through the slides at their own pace, with multiple-choice questions to ensure mastery of concepts. Techniques covered include adding a trendline to a chart with two clicks, creating a multifactorial or polynomial trendline, and generating random samples with various characteristics. Other science-related Excel features such as making columns touch each other for a histogram, unlinking a chart from its data, and pivoting tables to create frequency distributions are also covered.

Dr. Gerard M. Verschuuren is a Microsoft Certified Professional specializing in VB, VBA, and VB.NET. He is the author of Slide Your Way Through Excel VBA. He lives in Atkinson, New Hampshire.