Chevron Left
Back to Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel

Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel by Rice University

4.7
stars
10,445 ratings

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.

Filter by:

1201 - 1225 of 2,283 Reviews for Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel

By Alex O

•

Apr 21, 2021

Good interaction and guidance

By DHRUBA J B

•

Dec 24, 2020

Great Insight on basic excel.

By Kyay M L

•

Dec 23, 2020

It's worth taking this course

By DANICE N

•

Dec 7, 2020

the course was so informative

By Prenish B

•

Sep 14, 2020

Very glad i took this course.

By Carl V A

•

Sep 5, 2020

This course is jumped-packed.

By Dhruv J

•

Aug 14, 2020

it was a wonderful experience

By Sugey A

•

Jul 31, 2020

Me encanto aprendí bastate...

By Mario P

•

Jul 29, 2020

Muchas gracias Gobierno de CR

By Dr M P

•

Jul 11, 2020

Excellent real life exercises

By Raj K S

•

Jun 11, 2020

My best experience till date.

By Md. R H

•

Jun 5, 2020

Informative and easy to learn

By Atul B T

•

May 28, 2020

Each Tool Very Well explained

By kaniz r

•

May 6, 2020

I really enjoyed this course.

By 017_Dhiyanu P S A

•

Apr 23, 2020

Very useful and easy to learn

By Malavika M

•

Nov 22, 2019

EXCELLENT TEACHING TECHNIQUES

By Ashish B

•

Jul 23, 2019

Best course to learn ms excel

By Kassia F

•

Jul 11, 2018

Very clear bite sized lessons

By Kirti G

•

Apr 5, 2017

good course to set foundation

By Xiaofeng H

•

Sep 18, 2021

This is very useful training

By YOGENDRA S R

•

Jul 30, 2021

Excellent and well organized

By Xue Z

•

Mar 12, 2021

very clear course and usful!

By Twinkle K C T

•

Feb 15, 2021

This course is very helpful.

By Alankrita S

•

Oct 9, 2020

Very informative and helpful

By V J L

•

Jun 18, 2020

i

t

w

a

s very useful course

a

v

e

r