It’s easy to run a regression in Excel. The output contains a ton of information but you only need to understand a few key data points to make sense of your regression.

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Learn how to perform regression analysis of your data in Microsoft Excel, a statistical process that helps you understand the relationship ...

VIDEO: It's easy to run a regression in Excel and you only need to understand a few data points to make sense of the results.

Excel and Google Sheets have three functions to calculate the internal rate of return: IRR, XIRR, and MIRR. Learn how these functions can calculate investment returns.

How to Calculate Variance in Excel To calculate variance in Excel, you will need to have your data set already entered into the software. Once you have your data, you can choose your formula based ...