Learner Reviews & Feedback for Excel Basics for Data Analysis by IBM

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About the Course

Spreadsheet tools like Excel are an essential tool for working with data - whether for data analytics, business, marketing, or research. This course is designed to give you a basic working knowledge of Excel and how to use it for analyzing data. This course is suitable for those who are interested in pursuing a career in data analysis or data science, as well as anyone looking to use Excel for data analysis in their own domain. No prior experience with spreadsheets or coding is required - all you need is a device with a modern web browser and the ability to create a Microsoft account to access Excel online at no cost. If you have a desktop version of Excel, you can also easily follow along with the course. Throughout this course, you'll gain valuable experience working with data sets and spreadsheets. We'll start by introducing you to spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, and show you how to load data from multiple formats. From there, you'll learn how to perform basic data wrangling and cleansing tasks using functions, and expand your knowledge of data analysis through the use of filtering, sorting, and pivot tables. There is a strong focus on practice and applied learning in this course. With each lab, you'll have the opportunity to manipulate data and gain hands-on experience using Excel. You'll learn how to clean and format your data efficiently, and convert it into a pivot table to make it more organized and readable. The final project will allow you to showcase your newly acquired data analysis skills by working with real data sets and spreadsheets. By the end of this course, you'll have a solid foundation in using Excel for data analysis. You'll have worked with multiple data sets and spreadsheets, and will have the skills and knowledge needed to effectively clean and analyze data without having to learn any code. So let's get started!...

Top reviews

Jul 29, 2025

Many of the commands explained in the videos or on the exercises are outdated, especially in the pivots section. I struggled to find its equivalent in Excel 365. Please update whatever is needed.

Sep 28, 2021

Great and easy to follow along. The final assignment works with a too simple and unrealistic data set. I would prefer the final assignment to be a bit more challenging and uses a real world data set.

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By Javed A

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Mar 5, 2023

Best Course. I have no more words to thank Coursera

By saravanan t

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Oct 25, 2022

This course tought us from the basic level it self

By yeferson g

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Sep 11, 2022

great just needs a few more exercises to be perfect

By Hsu H H

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Sep 16, 2025

easy to understand and practice, good for beginner

By JOSHI D M

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Oct 14, 2024

I'm able to use Excel after completing this course

By Paras

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Mar 2, 2024

Coursera is a best platform to learn data analysis

By JORGE L R L

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Nov 10, 2022

Curso basico pero muy completo para entender excel

By Priyanka P

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May 12, 2022

it is excellent course to start from basc of excel

By Anil V

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Dec 31, 2021

excellent content valuable teaching style

thank you

By Athul k

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Nov 21, 2021

This was very helpful for brushing up excel skills

By Mislav J

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Oct 2, 2021

Nice one. Gives you brief overview of basic Excel.

By Regina J R

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Apr 13, 2021

Informative material. Well presented. Thank you!

By Tehreem R

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Aug 8, 2025

Good for begineers to learn excel basic Functions

By Owen H

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Aug 19, 2024

Very good course, worth it and easy to understand

By priyadharshini r

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Dec 14, 2023

I love it, am so happy for attending this course.

By Saqib J

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Oct 1, 2023

very full course for excel basic to advance level

By Onovo J I

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Mar 15, 2023

It is wonderful, I enjoyed it and I learnt a lot.

By Vic R

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Jan 29, 2023

Teach you all you need to know about excel basics

By Matt W

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Jan 4, 2023

A great intro for the important stuff used daily-

By Cesar B

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Oct 2, 2022

Easy to understand all material for this course.

By amasha r

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Jun 23, 2022

Awesome course content that would help my career.

By Valeria J G

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Nov 9, 2021

excellent guide and explanation during the course

By Arnav S

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Jan 25, 2025

Good course for people, unfamiliar with MS Excel

By Esther A

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Aug 2, 2024

this was very educational and easy to assimilate

By JONATAN A A S

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Sep 4, 2023

Muy bueno y dinámico, lo recomiendo ampliamente.