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Teaching Spreadsheet Software in Business School. Presented by Dr. Lei Li Dr. Philip Bryant. Introduction. Spreadsheet Software – MS Excel Applications in Business Courses Use MS Excel as Main Tool MISM 2115 – Technological Applications in Business Decision Making
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Teaching Spreadsheet Software in Business School Presented by Dr. Lei Li Dr. Philip Bryant
Introduction • Spreadsheet Software – MS Excel • Applications in Business • Courses Use MS Excel as Main Tool • MISM 2115 – Technological Applications in Business Decision Making • BUSA 3115 – Quantitative Analysis for Business I
MISM 2115 - What are Taught • Formulas & Functions • Charts • Data Tables • Pivot Tables & Pivot Charts • What-If Analysis • Workbook Management & Collaboration • Imports and Web Queries
MISM 2115 – My Experience • Learn by Doing • Pick a Good Textbook • Use Live Examples, not PowerPoint • Humanize Excel • Fill Handle • Make it Interesting • Functions, Absolute Reference
BUSA 3115 (“Quant I”) • Excel is used in class as an aid in problem solving • Data sets are worked through in class and forwarded to the students to work through outside of class to reinforce the concepts.
BUSA 3115 -- Using Excel for Multiple Regression Analysis • An Example • Gold (x1) • Silver (x2) • Dow (y)