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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

AE

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Many of the commands explained in the videos or on the exercises are outdated, especially in the pivots section.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.

NS

Nov 14, 2024

the beginner level helps to improve my skill with excel, it helps a lot in my study and my career and used to be excel is a hard tool to use, now it's fun tool to use, thank you IBM - Coursera.

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By Ali A A K

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Sep 22, 2022

It a good course recommended for beginners

By Ninad E

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Apr 19, 2025

a bit to easy for industry professionals.

By Aiswarya H

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Apr 17, 2025

Good course. Final assessment is trash.

By HECTOR A G G

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Nov 16, 2022

mas intuitiva la App por favor

By RAZAN D

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Aug 31, 2022

More Excel, less Data Analysis

By Hayat B

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Aug 19, 2023

it was a little basic for me

By Jafeth

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Aug 26, 2021

prefiero cambiar de curso

By Bahador T

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Jan 30, 2021

could be more in depth

By Rebecca P

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Mar 30, 2022

Quizes are too easy.

By Mohamad S

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Apr 14, 2023

very useful for me

By Akhilbabu

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Dec 25, 2024

course is good

By Kirill S

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Jun 11, 2024

Was too easy

By Anouk W

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Feb 9, 2023

Very basic

By Barry A

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Jun 18, 2021

Too easy

By hala o

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Aug 23, 2025

ok good

By ALIASIF70 A a

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Nov 5, 2023

amazing

By Dragune

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Feb 1, 2025

basic

By Lucía R B

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Oct 10, 2025

bien

By daud a

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Mar 19, 2025

good

By Siba S

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Jul 23, 2024

good

By Rokeya Y K

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Jul 3, 2024

well

By Reedhi R

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Jun 28, 2023

good

By PIETRO T

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Jun 30, 2025

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By vinayak m

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Oct 5, 2024

hi

By Esther B

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May 21, 2022

Too hand-holdy. The hands-on labs tell you exactly each step to take to complete them, rather than giving you an objective. I wish the course had something like that to do while watching the videos so you could follow along, then a lab where you have to complete a certain objective using what you've learned without being spoon-fed the individual steps. I feel like I am not going to retain what I learned because I never had to remember anything on my own.