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About the Course

The use of Excel is widespread in the industry. It is a very powerful data analysis tool and almost all big and small businesses use Excel in their day to day functioning. This is an introductory course in the use of Excel and is designed to give you a working knowledge of Excel with the aim of getting to use it for more advance topics in Business Statistics later. The course is designed keeping in mind two kinds of learners - those who have very little functional knowledge of Excel and those who use Excel regularly but at a peripheral level and wish to enhance their skills. The course takes you from basic operations such as reading data into excel using various data formats, organizing and manipulating data, to some of the more advanced functionality of Excel. All along, Excel functionality is introduced using easy to understand examples which are demonstrated in a way that learners can become comfortable in understanding and applying them. To successfully complete course assignments, students must have access to a Windows version of Microsoft Excel 2010 or later. ________________________________________ WEEK 1 Module 1: Introduction to Spreadsheets In this module, you will be introduced to the use of Excel spreadsheets and various basic data functions of Excel. Topics covered include: • Reading data into Excel using various formats • Basic functions in Excel, arithmetic as well as various logical functions • Formatting rows and columns • Using formulas in Excel and their copy and paste using absolute and relative referencing ________________________________________ WEEK 2 Module 2: Spreadsheet Functions to Organize Data This module introduces various Excel functions to organize and query data. Learners are introduced to the IF, nested IF, VLOOKUP and the HLOOKUP functions of Excel. Topics covered include: • IF and the nested IF functions • VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP • The RANDBETWEEN function ________________________________________ WEEK 3 Module 3: Introduction to Filtering, Pivot Tables, and Charts This module introduces various data filtering capabilities of Excel. You’ll learn how to set filters in data to selectively access data. A very powerful data summarizing tool, the Pivot Table, is also explained and we begin to introduce the charting feature of Excel. Topics covered include: • VLOOKUP across worksheets • Data filtering in Excel • Use of Pivot tables with categorical as well as numerical data • Introduction to the charting capability of Excel ________________________________________ WEEK 4 Module 4: Advanced Graphing and Charting This module explores various advanced graphing and charting techniques available in Excel. Starting with various line, bar and pie charts we introduce pivot charts, scatter plots and histograms. You will get to understand these various charts and get to build them on your own. Topics covered include • Line, Bar and Pie charts • Pivot charts • Scatter plots • Histograms...

Top reviews

KN

Jan 28, 2021

Dr Sharad has made Excel Learning very concise and easily understandable. The advanced concepts are easily understood by even beginners. I am grateful for the opportunity to learn at Rice University.

AM

Jun 2, 2020

Everything was explained in detail, even the smallest bits we don't pay attention to. Beautifully designed course, I would recommend it to anyone looking to get started with excel and data analytics.

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By Shams D A

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Dec 25, 2020

The course is very useful. The lessons here is not something that teachers teach in school.

By Alok N R 1

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Oct 7, 2020

The course gave an overview of Data Analysis in excel. I was very satisfied by the course

By Kamran S

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Aug 1, 2020

Thank you so much for this course. It gave me great knowledge about excel and data analysis

By Pratyush A

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Jul 30, 2020

Good course, gives the basics about data analysis using Excel. The course is fairly simple.

By CARLOS A A T

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Jul 19, 2020

for someone who is starting with excel I find it very dynamic, the lessons are well written

By Haluizio D

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Jun 21, 2020

I was able to learn different tools in Excel that wil lhelp me improve my analytics skills.

By Foysal A M

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May 22, 2020

It's a great course . I have learned a lot. Thanks to all who are related with this course.

By George A

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May 4, 2020

This is an excellent course and I thank the Rice University for making it available online.

By Hans H

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Mar 26, 2020

The program was designed diligently and methodically. Wonderful course for excel beginners!

By Synthia

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Feb 9, 2019

This is a really good course to learn excel and an easy way to start learning stats as well

By ahmad t z

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Oct 5, 2018

I am very happy with the effort I have made and the benefit I have gained from this session

By Jaime B

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Aug 25, 2017

It brought me up to speed on Excel and making sure that I could understand the information.

By Summer S O

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Jun 21, 2021

Great course to get you familiar with teh basic functions of using excel of data analysis

By Monalisa p

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Oct 7, 2020

It helped me a lot to learn for my further studies and i had a good experience. Thank you!

By Edward D

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Jun 3, 2020

Great course, well explained. May be have more practice exercises, but great nonetheless.

By Ian D

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Mar 10, 2018

Perfectly suited for beginner or those looking for thorough review of basic data analysis.

By Johnny d S (

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Dec 4, 2016

Interesting course to brush up already acquired knowledge in Excel and add up more skills.

By Baraka L M

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Jun 25, 2022

Take the course and enjoy all clear instructions (language and quality and short videos)

By Siti N H

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Aug 13, 2020

Recommended course for someone who need a brief view on Microsoft Excel and data analysis

By Tasbiul I N

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Jul 29, 2019

This course is one of the finest and well organized courses that i have conducted so far.

By Christopher M

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Oct 23, 2016

Excellent explanations int he videos show exactly what is necessary to learn. Thank you!

By Kanaen B

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Dec 5, 2024

The course was excellent! It was easy to understand. i learned a lot of new information.

By Dhruv G

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Aug 18, 2020

Good course for learning to use a wide variety of tools in Excel. Perfect for beginners!

By PUNITHAVALLI K

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Jun 27, 2020

This is very using and informative one and easy to go with the procedures.good teaching.

By John C K K

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Jun 12, 2020

Good introduction into ways to use Excel for data analytics. Focuses on important stuff.