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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 Kartheek

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Feb 14, 2019

It would be better if more information and more challenging exercises were there.

By Ridwan C

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May 21, 2017

Good, but need more advanced excel material. Great as introduction or beginners.

By Rafael B S

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May 5, 2019

It is a great course. It allows you to learn fast from basic to advanced Excel.

By Jane B

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Dec 20, 2016

Not life changing but it told me what I needed to know with a minimum of faff.

By Amir K

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Jan 13, 2021

A good to have course to get started with Excel for basic level data analysis

By Bhanu G

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Aug 23, 2020

very good course and teaching for beginners as well intermediate level larner

By Solo J

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Aug 30, 2022

Buen curso. La parte práctica es buena ayuda a memorizar mejor los procesos

By L M

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Aug 25, 2022

Good basic course, easy to follow. But a bit out of date with modern Excel.

By Kew Z H

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Aug 21, 2020

Would be better if there are assignments that require longer time to finish.

By Narayan t n

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Apr 16, 2020

Very informative and innovative course. Rally useful for my career and job .

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By ankur y

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May 30, 2018

It was a nice course and i learned the basics of data analysis through excel

By Alejandro M

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Nov 28, 2016

Everything the instructor did, he did well. I just wish there would be more.

By Vattigunta K

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Jul 9, 2021

Very useful for the beginners. Can improve a lot out of this.

Thanks a lot.

By Nathan S

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May 2, 2020

It gives you all the basics you need to do small data analysis in a company

By Nataliia M

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Mar 14, 2017

Please add more manipulations within basic data analysis using excel course

By Munia A M ( - G S A M

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Mar 8, 2022

Nice course but I wish I was able to practice with my colleagues in ADNOC!

By Cedric Z

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Feb 25, 2021

suitable for people who have little foundation and experience about Excel

By Susan J

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Nov 20, 2020

I wish there was a way to figure out why I missed certain quiz questions.

By Shardae E M

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Mar 22, 2018

Very good introductory course. Wished there were more practice questions.

By Olorunfemi A

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Sep 11, 2020

It's a very educative introductory lesson and I'm glad I took the course

By Isabel L

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Aug 10, 2020

A good refresh and some new learnings - easy to follow and to understand

By Kristofer A

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Jan 12, 2017

Well organized introduction to Excel analysis. Well suited to beginners.

By Amit P

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Jun 5, 2023

This course is fantastic. The way of teaching the author is impressive.

By Idowu O

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Sep 13, 2021

Ver simplified and easy to comprehend. Dr. Sharad is a great instructor