The simple spreadsheet is one of the most powerful data analysis tools that exists, and it’s available to almost anyone. Major corporations and small businesses alike use spreadsheet models to determine where key measures of their success are now, and where they are likely to be in the future. But in order to get the most out of a spreadsheet, you have the know-how to use it. This course is designed to give you an introduction to basic spreadsheet tools and formulas so that you can begin harness the power of spreadsheets to map the data you have now and to predict the data you may have in the future. Through short, easy-to-follow demonstrations, you’ll learn how to use Excel or Sheets so that you can begin to build models and decision trees in future courses in this Specialization.
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Skills you will gain
- Monte Carlo Method
- Microsoft Excel
- Linear Programming (LP)
- Solver
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Spreadsheets: A Tool for Thinking with Numbers
From Spreadsheet to Model
Addressing Uncertainty and Probability in Models
Simulation and Optimization
Reviews
- 5 stars50.29%
- 4 stars27.01%
- 3 stars13.75%
- 2 stars5.63%
- 1 star3.29%
TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO SPREADSHEETS AND MODELS
Would give this course 5 stars to be honest. It's just that the lecture slides are not informative enough (only course outlines are there) & look like they weren't made seriously.
Don Huesman did a great job of discussing and demonstrating the uses of Excel in cash flow analysis and other useful ways to manipulate spreadsheets to tell a story with data
Course is great with showing much interesting fuctions in excel. Only 4 out of 5 stars because it is not clear how to submit formula input in quizes - whether start with = or not etc.
The course is worth the time , the faculty teaches you about some complicated advance formulae with so much clarity and ease that even beginners can be pro in excel related to business and finance.
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