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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 Mark G

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Oct 24, 2016

Very nice introduction to vlookup and pivot tables.

By Basant S

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Jan 2, 2024

This course is very use full for all the beginners

By Choudhary K v S

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Jun 9, 2023

Thanks for your precious content. Absolutely nice.

By Yong S L

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Oct 20, 2022

Very good and valuable course to under the excel.

By KRISHNA K

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Aug 4, 2021

This course is Very helpful for every professional

By Nourin M A

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Nov 2, 2020

Very useful course. taught really well. thank you.

By LIASKOS A I

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Jul 28, 2020

EXCELENT COURSE! QUICK DIVE INTO EXCELS MOST VALUA

By Panchami N

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Jun 7, 2020

It was very fun to learn and was very informative!

By Matthew P

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May 29, 2020

Good instruction on some key business excel skills

By Sandeep C

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Mar 11, 2019

Brilliant content. Concepts were explained very we

By lakshya b

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Jan 4, 2019

REALLY NICE COURSE..QUIZZES ARE VERY WELL DESIGNED

By Jeonghwan J

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Jul 16, 2018

good to way to learn wherever I work b excel using

By Mahua M

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Nov 29, 2017

It is realy raly good course.I learn lot in Excel.

By Kofoworola H

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Nov 8, 2017

Best Course, Easy to understand and grasp concept.

By Ratna N S V Y

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Aug 27, 2021

This course is great start for beginners in excel

By pascal n

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Feb 25, 2021

Concepts are well explained. Ideal for a beginner

By Muhammad L H B A

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Nov 16, 2020

Thank you for the lesson. It was very informative

By Mramba G N

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Aug 13, 2020

excellent course. Learn a lot useful to my career

By Eduardo S C

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Jul 31, 2020

Excelent Course to learn Basic Excel Fundamentals

By Lili P

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Jul 16, 2020

Easy to understand and a bit challenging as well!

By Mitesh P J

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Jul 4, 2020

I really enjoyed these course!! Thanks for Excel!

By Shreeparna G

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May 18, 2020

It is great course. Absolutely beginner friendly.

By VARSHA R P

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May 17, 2020

VERY GOOD ONE...WE CAN GET BASIC IDEA ABOUT EXCEL

By AAYUSH A

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May 3, 2020

Excellent course to learn data analysis via excel

By amit m

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Mar 29, 2020

an excellent and lucid explanation for beginners.