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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 Sandra M D L R

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Feb 24, 2021

Very usefull introduction to Excel basis

By Priyadarshee A

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Nov 20, 2020

Best course for initiating Data Analysis

By Yeleussinov N I

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Sep 16, 2020

Excellent course! The lecturer is great!

By Zach F

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Aug 8, 2020

Very helpful course. I highly recommend.

By Jellapa K

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Jul 16, 2020

feeling very happy to learn from you sir

By May H N N

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Jul 10, 2020

love this course!

big achievement for me!

By Fernando F

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Jul 15, 2019

l. Excellent tools for any professional.

By prerit g

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May 11, 2019

Very interactive and qualitative videos.

By Shivani A

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Apr 29, 2019

Very nice course. It helped me a lot for

By Ganesh S

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Apr 12, 2019

Presentation and narration was excellent

By Prakhar A

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Jul 28, 2018

excellent course, I learnt a lot from it

By Johnson D

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Mar 4, 2018

Good course but the one by PwC is better

By Thelma M

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May 15, 2017

it is very informative and easy to learn

By Tarun S

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Dec 7, 2016

Nothing can be better than this.........

By Gaurav J

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Nov 20, 2016

A great beginning towards learning Excel

By Linh P

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Nov 19, 2016

Such a great course I ever have! Thanks.

By Keshav D

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Oct 26, 2016

Good informational & well planned course

By Sara K

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Aug 30, 2024

Amazingly taught! Loved the professor!!

By Silvana G

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Nov 14, 2022

Very Good Tutor and very well presented

By Kumudu F

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Mar 7, 2022

Best beginner data analysis course ever

By Ana M

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Apr 8, 2021

Short focused classes, really enjoyable

By Raja A

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Mar 14, 2021

interested to attend the advance levels

By KEVIN J

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Sep 16, 2020

Good Course.It improved my Excel skills

By Jessica L

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Jun 24, 2020

Easy to follow, fun examples and exams!

By rohit s

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Jan 16, 2018

good for learning and gaining knowledge