With most Excel spreadsheets, you enter data manually into cells and then use formulas or other functions to analyze it or perform calculations. If you have a large data source, such as an Access ...

It’s not for big data, but you can use Microsoft Excel to learn a lot more about analytics than you may realize. For many office workers, Microsoft Excel is simply the go-to spreadsheet application.

The New Statesmen’s tech writer, Alex Hern, asks “Is Excel the most dangerous piece of software in the world?” His question was prompted by the JPMorgan Task Force Report into the Chief Investment ...