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Java 2 Programmer Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram CX-310-035)

William Brogden, Marcus Green, Ed Tittel

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

This exam measures the ability to design, write, and understand programs written in language version 1.4 of the Java 2 Platform. The programmer's exam concentrates on the language basics. This book is not intended to teach new material. Instead it assumes that you have a solid foundation of knowledge but can use a refresher on important concepts as well as a guide to exam topics and objectives. This book focuses exactly on what you need to pass the exam - it features test-taking strategies, time-saving study tips, and a special Cram Sheet that includes tips, acronyms, and memory joggers not available anywhere else. The series is supported online at several Web sites: examcram.com, informit.com, and cramsession.com.

The accompanying CD features PrepLogic™ Practice Tests, Preview Edition. This product includes one complete PrepLogic Practice Test with approximately the same number of questions found on the actual vendor exam. Each question contains full, detailed explanations of the correct and incorrect answers. The engine offers two study modes, Practice Test and Flash Review, full exam customization, and a detailed score report.

Fuzzy Logic for Business, Finance, and Management (Advances in Fuzzy Systems U Applications and Theory) (Advances in Fuzzy Systems - Applications and Theory)

George Bojadziev; Maria Bojadziev

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Editorial Review:

This is truly an interdisciplinary book for knowledge workers in business, finance, management and socio-economic sciences based on fuzzy logic. It serves as a guide to and techniques for forecasting, decision making and evaluations in an environment involving uncertainty, vagueness, impression and subjectivity. Traditional modeling techniques, contrary to fuzzy logic, do not capture the nature of complex systems especially when humans are involved. Fuzzy logic uses human experience and judgement to facilitate plausible reasoning in order to reach a conclusion. Emphasis is on applications presented in the 27 case studies including Time Forecasting for Project Management, New Product Pricing, and Control of a Parasit-Pest System.

SPSS 15 Made Simple

Kinnear

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

SPSS 15 Made Simple is the latest edition of one of the most widely read textbooks in its field. As usual, every effort has been made to maintain the friendly, practical and informal style of earlier editions, while at the same time, the content has been updated to meet the changing needs of the readers. As always, each technique is presented in a realistic research context and is illustrated with screen snapshots of SPSS dialog boxes and output. There is also guidance on the choice of statistical techniques and advice on how to report the results of statistical tests. In recent years, coverage has been expanded to include informal introductions to such topics as logistic regression, analysis of covariance, partial correlation, multivariate analysis of variance and Cohen’s kappa. In this edition, the treatment of analysis of variance has been expanded to include coding systems for contrasts (such as dummy coding) and trend analysis. In the chapter on regression, dummy coding is used to demonstrate the equivalence of ANOVA and regression techniques.

There is now advice on the analysis of multiple response data. There is also extensive consideration of the significant improvements offered by the new graphics and data-handling facilities in SPSS 15. While being updated and expanded to cover these new features, the book will continue to be useful to readers with earlier versions of SPSS.

Learning Quickbooks 2008: A Practical Approach with Software Package (2nd Edition)

Terri Brunsdon

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KEY  BENEFIT: From set up to start up, this book switches on student learning by teaching how Computerized Accounting works behind the keys.

QuickBooks basics, general journal transactions and reports, customer and vendor activities for a service based business, payroll activities, closing the accounting periods, and customer and vendor activities for a merchandise based business.

For professionals who are seeking to use and understand QuickBooks 2008.

Peachtree Made Easy

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

100% useless 1 out of 5 stars.
53 of 56 people found this review helpful.

Believing the hype about Hedtke and his books I bought two (This one and Peachtree Complete Business toolkits). Both turned out to be useless. This one is a simple rehash of the Peachtree manuals but even less clear and with no new material to add what so ever. You can learn more from just experimenting with Peachtree and buying a good accounting manual (if you are not an accountant as I am). The later of which there are, I am glad to say, plenty of.

If you want to buy this book thinking it will help you get to grips with peachtree then don't. As I said the manuals and online help that come with the software are much better. Maybe as a cure against insomnia...

A waste of dough. 2 out of 5 stars.
13 of 16 people found this review helpful.

I have already read the reviews on this page before I bought the book but I don't have that band wagon mentality so I found it myself. Yes, I have read through the book but finally stopped 1/3 of the way...I got lost. It's not really a step by step instructional book so I have to figure out what the author means and I have grown tired of it. I have a strong accounting background and I'm doing well with manual bookkeeping all I need is to computerized my books. This book is not helping. Right now I'm planning to buy those books for dummies or go to the Peachtree website and check their self study guides...I don't know...but FORGET ABOUT THIS ONE!

Editorial Review:

Peachtree's user base remains steady and the product continues to be popular among small businss owners looking for accounting software to help them run and track their businesses--from accounting fundamentals to payroll to accounts receivable and inventory, job costing and generating reports.

Quicken 2006 for Starters: The Missing Manual

Bonnie Biafore

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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Intuit's Quicken is one of today's most popular and convenient ways to keep track of personal finances, and Quicken 2006 For Starters: The Missing Manual for Windows is the indispensable guide to using the program to simplify your finances and make the most of your money.

Whether you're new to electronic banking or just new to Quicken, this refreshingly funny and sensible book zeroes in on exactly what you need to get into Quicken fast. It teaches you how do such essential things as: balance your checkbook on your computer, keep tabs on your spending, create and manage a budget, monitor and pay bills on time, determine more ways to save and stick to your savings plan, manage loans and maximize investments, make tax preparation easier (even find hidden tax deductions!), and much more.

Financial-software writer and personal finance expert Bonnie Biafore delivers clear explanations and step-by-step instructions for the Quicken features you need, as well as relevant advice and plenty of real-world examples. Beginners will appreciate Biafore's clear guidance on how to set up Quicken to streamline their money management tasks. Power users will benefit from her insightful tips, tricks, and shortcuts for working around Quicken's idiosyncrasies and saving even more time and money.

The book is designed to help you get up to speed fast. Biafore steps you through the basics of Quicken. Then, as you become a more efficient and sophisticated Quicken user, she helps you take advantage of the program's little-known but powerful features. And throughout the book, she offers invaluable money-management principles. You'll be generating useful reports and graphs with ease; ensuring accuracy and consistency among all your accounts; and planning, saving, and controlling your finances like never before.

The book that gives you exactly what you need, Quicken 2006 For Starters: The Missing Manual helps you quickly make the most of Quicken 2006 for Windows.

QuickBooks 2000 for Dummies

Stephen L. MBA, CPA Nelson

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Too much sizzle not enough steak 2 out of 5 stars.
47 of 47 people found this review helpful.

When I first started using this book I thought it was helpful, but when I needed help and information about entering transactions, I realized the shallowness of the book. The author knows a lot about business issues, but I needed bookkeeping help, I needed to understand what to do and why to do it that way.

I recommend you buy Quickbooks The Offical Guide instead if you want to learn Quickbooks inside and out - which is the only way to get the software to do exactly what you need.

Informative and Entertaining 5 out of 5 stars.
28 of 31 people found this review helpful.

This book made a hard program easy to use. He has a good sense of humor, which makes tech stuff easy to read. You won't have to read the book with a cup of coffee. I tried to use the program without the "Dummies" book and got nowhere. After reading the book, I have everything in balance and working. Thank you Mr. Nelson.

Not an adequate reference for expanding businesses 3 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

As the bookkeeper for a start up internet company, QB for Dummies was helpful as a quick tutorial and overview. If you run a small family business, this is the perfect book for you. But if you're a company that expects to grow (as many of us startups are hopeful of), there's just not enough detail. I am now forced to look for a different book that will give me detailed help in creating the reports I need for financial analysis. Good thing I was given this one for free...

Editorial Review:

After three best-selling books on previous QuickBooks versions, this classic guide continues to make accounting via QuickBooks fun and easy.

Quicken 2003 for Dummies

Stephen L. Nelson

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

You don’t have to be a technogeek or financial wizard to manage your financial affairs on a PC. You have other things to do, places to go, and people to meet. And that’s where Quicken 2003 For Dummies comes in. This financial reference guide can help you manage your finances – personal or business – like a pro.

Quicken 2003 For Dummies is for people who want to pay bills, track investments, and calculate interest with the click of a mouse. And if you’re pulling out your hair out because you’re using Quicken in a business, postpone the hair-pulling – this guide helps with payroll, taxes, receivables and payables, and more.

This handy guide is also for anyone who wants to

Upgrade from an older version of Quicken

Manage home mortgages

Invest online

Set up an online brokerage account

Produce an accurate balance sheet

Track customer invoices and payments

It's certainly arguable that money makes the world go around, but being fiscally organized surely makes your own life easier. Find out how to buy and sell mutual fund shares online; reconcile a credit card balance; and estimate income taxes. Quicken 2003 For Dummies also covers the following topics and more:

Scheduling automatic loan payments

Tracking bank accounts

Paying bills online

Transferring money between bank accounts

Creating and printing reports and charts

Setting up or changing passwords

Using the Refinance, Retirement, and College calculators

Frequently asked questions

Troubleshooting tips

From the absolute basics of Quicken to home finances to serious business applications, Quicken 2003 For Dummies is the guide to have in hand when you want to take control of your finances.

Running QuickBooks 2005 Premier Editions : The Only Definitive Guide to The Premier Editions Features

Kathy Ivens

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A Book to Cover the More Advanced Features 5 out of 5 stars.
26 of 30 people found this review helpful.

This book presumes that the reader has mastered the basic functions in the standard versions of QuickBooks. This book starts with Installing Multiple Editions and goes on from there. The concentration in this book is on things like tracking assets, predicting cash flow, analyzing and projecting company performance, and using various enhanced accounting functions.

In addition, the book covers the other specialized editions for accounting, contractors, professional services, retail, and the manufacturing/wholesale.

I like Ms. Ivens style. In regards to the Vehicle list in the Customer & Vendor Profile list group. She says: "I can't figure it out either." This kind of writing helps the reading stay interesting rather than just more dull computer book stuff.

Ms. Ivens as also written QuickBooks 2005 The Official Guide to cover the more basic introductory level material.

Editorial Review:

This definitive guide to the features of the QuickBooks Premier Editions provides information accounting professionals need to provide extra value to clients. Business owners and bookkeepers learn how to use the advanced features and functions, create professional business plans, and analyze and project company performance. Easy-to-follow instructions, coverage of undocumented features, and tons of tips, tricks, and shortcuts are also provided.

Easy Microsoft Money 2004

Gina Carrillo

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Easy Microsoft Money 2004 is the perfect book for beginners who want to learn Microsoft's financial software through a visual, full-color approach. Topics include the Credit Center, Bill Estimator, portfolio customization, importing Quicken files, tracking your income and expenses, budgeting, managing account activity and much more! More than 100 tasks are covered, teaching you the basics of Money and arming you to make wise financial choices.