The Analytics Power Hour

#039: In Defense of Excel


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As Dr. Phil says, "Never put more into a relationship than you can afford to lose." Not sure what that has to do with Excel but it sounds vaguely wise, which is the whole point. Tim and Michael try to be your relationship coach for Microsoft Excel. Despised by data scientists, but used by everyone else, where are the boundaries and who has what it takes to enforce them. Join us in an exploration of our digital analytics love/hate affair with that most ubiquitous of analytics tools.

(Cell) references made in this episode include: Chandoo.org, Juice Analytics, ggplot2Bullet Charts in Excel, Geeks and Greeks by Steve Altes, Google Firebase.

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