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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 Naveed T

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Oct 3, 2016

Nice introduction to Excel for data analysis. Covers all the fundamentals.

By Sulav M

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Oct 15, 2023

A really greatand effective way to understand the use of microsoft Excel.

By joseph j

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May 1, 2022

Very well put together. The lessons were taught in a very concise manner.

By Nancy Z

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Dec 13, 2020

Very helpful course and I learned so much about VLOOKUP and pivotcharts!!

By Nomeda M

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Nov 7, 2020

Very good course, excellent teacher, relevant cases. I am very satisfied!

By Ann F D

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Sep 6, 2020

This was such an excellent course! Thank you for making this available :)

By German F D

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May 30, 2020

Great examples and description of what we can use the different tools for

By Charles M

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Feb 23, 2018

Great introduction to analyzing data with Excel, pivot charts and graphs.

By Bhagyshri P

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Mar 23, 2021

its really good course help me understand basic like VLOOKUP and hlookup

By Anar A

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Dec 6, 2020

It is good course. I knew new things in charts (Chart with pivot tables)

By sienna m l

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Nov 16, 2020

It is very helpful specially for someone struggling in navigating excel.

By Leonovie S

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Oct 24, 2020

Very useful and informative course. Recommended for beginner. Thank you.

By Koushik K

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Aug 27, 2020

Very helpful and an easiest way to learn the data analysis through Excel

By Imantha D

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Aug 21, 2020

I improved my knowledge very much from this course. Thank you very much.

By tim z

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Jun 28, 2020

Great course to me! It offers me some fundamental features on the excel.

By Tim S

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Oct 16, 2016

Learned so much! excellent. Challenging tests and interesting lectures

By Yahya M A S

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Dec 6, 2022

This course was very good

Thanks for instructor for this great material

By Tammy W

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Oct 15, 2020

The lessons are divided into bite-sized and easy to follow each lesson.

By Carolina A

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Jun 13, 2020

The course is so friendly, easy to achieve, good excercises, thank you!

By Sandalu A

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May 27, 2020

This course covers data analysis and visualising capabilities of Excel.

By Niraj

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May 8, 2019

It was a great course, and I loved how it helped me learn more about ex

By Melissa C L

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Sep 24, 2023

It really improves my knowledge in Excel, big thanks to my professors!

By Sushrut P

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May 6, 2021

Best Experience of learning with Prof. Sharad Borle . Thankyou so much

By Sahib Q

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Nov 29, 2020

I learned a lot of material in this short course. Highly Recommended!

By Vasundhara R

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Sep 23, 2020

Right pace, easily explained, great teaching. Very good for Beginners.