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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 Arghya D

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Sep 20, 2018

It's a Great course!

By Bakhtiyar K

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Mar 18, 2018

very helpful course!

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Nov 16, 2017

very good and useful

By Phillip G

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Feb 4, 2017

Very understandable.

By Richard O

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Dec 10, 2016

Highly Enlightening!

By MUDRA R

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Apr 27, 2023

it was very helpful

By neelanjana c

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Jul 30, 2021

very helpful course

By michelangelo d

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Apr 9, 2021

a good way to start

By Arbe F

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Nov 2, 2020

EXCELLENT MATERIALS

By Gaurav P

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Sep 30, 2020

Very well explained

By Susan L

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Sep 6, 2020

I like this course!

By Murtaza H

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Apr 23, 2020

Super Useful Course

By Pratiksha G

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Jul 26, 2017

Course is very good

By sanjay t

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Jul 18, 2017

very brief and good

By SHYREL P

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Oct 13, 2024

it is very helpful

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Jul 2, 2024

Very useful course

By Varun K

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Feb 8, 2024

Very Useful course

By Siva R

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Aug 25, 2023

great explanation.

By Yossra

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Oct 26, 2022

Very good thanks .

By KAILAS A K

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Aug 1, 2021

Excellent Course!!

By Gajendra S R

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Jul 26, 2021

Excellent learning

By Shamma A A ( O - P D A A

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Apr 27, 2021

very useful course

By Govind P

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Dec 7, 2020

Awesome experience

By Niloy K D

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Sep 17, 2020

its a great course

By Lu T

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Aug 24, 2020

Clear and concise!