Up for sale is a fantastic, highly practical guide for data professionals, analysts, and business intelligence enthusiasts: "Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel" by industry expert Gordon S. Linoff.
This book bridges the gap between raw data extraction and corporate-level presentation. It covers essential techniques like building data structures, understanding entity-relationship diagrams, utilizing descriptive statistics (averages, p-values, chi-square tests), linear regressions, and hazard probabilities.