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Essential Mathematics for Data Analysis in Microsoft Excel 

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Essential Mathematics for Data Analysis in Microsoft Excel
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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

900

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Essential Mathematics for Data Analysis in Microsoft Excel
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FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 5 hours
  • Included in an ExpertTrack Course 4 of 4
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Essential Mathematics for Data Analysis in Microsoft Excel
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  • Data analysis is inextricably linked with maths. While statistics are the most important mathematical element, it also requires a good understanding of different formulas and mathematical inference.
  • This course is designed to build up your understanding of the essential maths required for data analytics. It's been designed for anybody who would like to refresh their math knowledge or learn it in a simplified way before embarking on further data analytics training.
  • Explore summary statistics and learn how to make statistical predictions so that you can analyze data across any field or discipline. You'll discover how to apply statistical methods to your data, and will practice the formula required to do that so that you can analyze and understand your data sets.
  • Mathematical notations include numbers, variables, delimiters, functions, relational symbols, and operator symbols. You'll learn basic notation and expressions, and find out how they are applied to Excel formulas to complete simple calculations.
  • Once you have a good understanding of the math behind it, you'll move onto forecasting future trends using your data. You'll apply inferential math to your data sets and calculate business metrics and KPIs to turn your new knowledge into genuine business value.
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Essential Mathematics for Data Analysis in Microsoft Excel
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Introduction to Working with Data

About this Course

Introduction to Data and Variables

Types of Data

Notation

Means and Deviations

Weekly Wrap Up

Summarising and Graphically Representing Data

Summarising Data with Distributions and Graphs

Bar Graphs and Pie Charts

Mode, Mean and Median

SD vs IQR

Proportions

Weekly Wrap Up

Business Statistics and KPI's

Business Statistics

Business KPIs

Introduction to Inferential Math and Forecasting

Course Wrap Up

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