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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

SW

May 25, 2020

The training provided by Dr. Sharad is easy to follow and learn. Bravo and Thank you.

The level of difficulty from the quiz and the final task is just right and it is making us to think creatively.

SK

Apr 27, 2017

good course gives a basic foundation for data analytics ! Excellent for beginners who have no idea how to use excel for want to learn systematically excel files given at every lecture are very useful.

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By Rajkumar T

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May 21, 2020

Really enhanced my excel knowledge and liked the way of explanation with example by Tutor sir Sh Sharad Borle .

Thanks and Regards

Rajkumar Thakur

By Claire B

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Jan 19, 2018

easy to follow course with clear instructions and practical examples to be applied in the weekly test, mini and larger quizzes to ensure learning

By Muhammad T S

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Apr 30, 2020

Amazing course! covered everything and the best thing is every concept and function is explained upto advanced level but lecture is kept concise

By saurabh m

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Jul 6, 2017

Awesome course. the concepts were explained very well. Would have been great with some more practice sets before taking up the final assessment.

By Sanjeev p

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Oct 4, 2016

prof is very down to earth, speaks clearly and explains very well. the examples are terrific. material is very important for anyone in industry

By Adriano P

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Feb 25, 2023

Very useful to learn Excel basics quickly and know how to use it to make simple yet very useful data analysis form different types of datasets.

By Rasheed A

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Sep 4, 2022

it is a very detailed basic information on excel which will serve as a spring board to broading the horizon on data analysis skill acquisition.

By MADHUSHREE R

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Aug 13, 2020

The course was very awesome. It thought us many tools of excel. Got to know some interesting things line how to convert text file to .xls file.

By Anil K P

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Apr 16, 2020

The course is quite useful in learning the advanced options of excel which helps in analysis of data. The trainer is very clear and meticulous.

By Aniket S

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Oct 7, 2020

Its an amazing course at the beginner level, each and everything related to excel is defined and taught very clearly and in an amazing manner.

By jian f w

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Sep 20, 2021

Easy understanding and chill class. Volume of the video need to rise up a bit if not wearing headphone during class. Otherwise was prefect .

By RONIT B 2

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Aug 17, 2020

This Course is amazing. It starts at a grass-root level and each and every part of the discussed syllabus is touched upon. Very satisfactory.

By Tejaswita K

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Jun 21, 2017

Course was very useful and it not only teaches basic excel functions but also encourages you to experiment with data leading to self learning

By Vaibhav L

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Jul 29, 2020

A must for anyone going to study data analysis for business management. The instructor has a very good delivery. Overall a good experience.

By Sushma S

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Jun 20, 2021

Professor Sharad Borle has taken us through Data analysis Excel at pace where a beginer could understand and follow with excellent examples

By D N N

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Oct 28, 2020

it was a wonderful learning journey waiting to do more courses from RICE. and very thankful to the instructor it was very smooth learning.

By ANTONIO L R

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Sep 20, 2020

It is a very interesting course to start using EXCEL. In my opinion the worst thing is the last exam which is not explained really good...

By Anannya K

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May 5, 2020

Great course to know all about the basic foundation of data analysis using Excel.Great assignments.liked it alot.Thanks for this course.

By Chloe D

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Aug 24, 2018

Excellent course to take! I needed a fundamental crash course on using excel for data visualizations, and I got my return on investment!

By Susan I

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Jul 31, 2023

It was excellently presented. The Lecturer delivered the training fantastically well and the training video, assignment were also good.

By Ridam H

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Jul 10, 2020

One of best online courses in Cousera overall and particularly in Excel. Great course structure, content, quizzes and great instructor.

By HITESH K

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Apr 1, 2020

It is a very useful and creative way of teaching. Assignment problems covered all concepts. I am very happy after learning this skill.

By Linda

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Jun 10, 2017

Great Course. The videos were excellant. I learned a lot. The only negative is that you have to pay money to take the weekly tests.

By Joy G

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Nov 6, 2020

Super love this course! This will really help me in my new role in an organization that's so data driven in its approach to business.

By Zakwan

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Oct 20, 2020

Great and a very useful course to interpret and visualize data using Excel. Delivery language is simple to follow and understandable.