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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...

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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 Phil M

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Feb 8, 2017

Great class, helped with basics

By Sean M

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Oct 27, 2016

Very good course and instructor

By Pawan K S

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Apr 2, 2025

Very good course for beginners

By Cheryl T

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Aug 31, 2022

I do love this useful course.

By AMMAR A

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Dec 9, 2020

Excellent Course for beginners

By Francisco R P

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Oct 9, 2020

Can't wait to take another one

By Robert H

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Sep 11, 2020

Good course. Good instructor.

By Carolina G

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Jun 10, 2020

Excellent. Easy to understant.

By Kyleen E

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May 12, 2020

Useful course, easy to follow.

By Garry P (

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May 11, 2020

Very informative, very useful!

By Deleted A

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Apr 16, 2020

Very good and precise course !

By ABHIRAJ M

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Apr 8, 2020

Amazing course to start with!!

By Mr. P C

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Mar 21, 2020

The materials were quite good!

By ALEX K L

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May 20, 2019

its really good for our career

By Daniel H

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Dec 16, 2018

Easy to understand and follow.

By Nur H A

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Mar 11, 2018

Good for Data Analyst Beginner

By David W

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Oct 26, 2017

Excellent introductory course.

By Vera D

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Sep 12, 2017

Vey good course for begginers.

By Nirupam S

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Sep 6, 2017

Very good course for everyone.

By Loay H

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Oct 2, 2016

exactly what I need, thank you

By Abdul M

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Sep 21, 2024

Amazing course and instructor

By Muhammad T

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Oct 21, 2023

EXTREMELY COMPRHENSIVE COURSE

By Malik A S

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Apr 13, 2023

The course is well structured

By AMIT H

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Jul 30, 2021

Excellent and must to enroll,

By Nitesh k

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Jul 28, 2021

Useful and interactive course