Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel
Learn essential Excel skills for data analysis with formulas, functions, and data preparation techniques.
Learn essential Excel skills for data analysis with formulas, functions, and data preparation techniques.
This comprehensive course teaches you how to effectively use Microsoft Excel for business data analysis. You'll master fundamental Excel skills including creating and formatting worksheets, working with large data blocks, and implementing sorting and filtering techniques. The course focuses on developing your ability to create accurate calculations using formulas and functions, which are essential for data analysis. You'll learn how to standardize text data, work with date calculations, and use logical functions like IF, IFS, AND, and OR to prepare data for analysis in tools such as Power BI. Through practical exercises and hands-on projects, you'll gain the skills to transform raw data into meaningful insights, ultimately preparing you to create executive data summaries for business decision-making.
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What you'll learn
Create and format worksheets with business data
Work with large data blocks using sorting and filtering techniques
Master essential formulas for accurate business calculations
Use functions to standardize and clean text data
Implement date and time calculations for business analysis
Apply logical functions like IF, IFS, AND, and OR
Skills you'll gain
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2.6 Hours PreRecorded video
21 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to using Microsoft Excel for data analysis in business scenarios. Students begin by learning Excel fundamentals including worksheet creation, formatting, and managing large data sets through sorting and filtering. The curriculum then advances to working with formulas and functions, teaching students how to perform calculations critical for business analysis such as profit margins and sales reporting. The course emphasizes practical skills for preparing data for further analysis, covering text standardization, date calculations, and logical functions. Through hands-on exercises and projects, students develop the ability to transform raw data into meaningful insights, culminating in creating executive data summaries that support business decision-making. The course is structured to build skills progressively, ensuring students gain confidence in using Excel as a powerful tool for data analysis.
Excel fundamentals
Module 1 · 7 Hours to complete
Formulas and functions
Module 2 · 4 Hours to complete
Preparing data for analysis using functions
Module 3 · 5 Hours to complete
Final project and assessment: Preparing data for analysis with Microsoft Excel
Module 4 · 3 Hours to complete
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