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  • English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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  • This course is designed to provide you with basic working knowledge for using Excel spreadsheets for Data Analysis. It covers some of the first steps for working with spreadsheets and their usage in the process of analyzing data. It includes plenty of videos, demos, and examples for you to learn, followed by step-by-step instructions for you to apply and practice on a live spreadsheet.
  • Excel is an essential tool for working with data - whether for business, marketing, data analytics, or research. This course is suitable for those aspiring to take up Data Analysis or Data Science as a profession, as well as those who just want to use Excel for data analysis in their own domains. You will gain valuable experience in cleansing and wrangling data using functions and then analyze your data using techniques like filtering, sorting and creating pivot tables.
  • This course starts with an introduction to spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets and loading data from multiple formats. With this introduction you will then learn to perform some basic level data wrangling and cleansing tasks and continue to expand your knowledge of analyzing data through the use of filtering, sorting, and using pivot tables within the spreadsheet. By performing these tasks throughout the course, it will give you an understanding of how spreadsheets can be used as a data analysis tool and understand its limitations.
  • There is a strong focus on practice and applied learning in this course. With each lab, you will gain hands-on experience in manipulating data and begin to understand the important role of spreadsheets. Clean and analyze your data faster by understanding functions in the formatting of data. You will then convert your data to a pivot table and learn its features to make your data organized and readable. The final project enables you to show off your newly acquired data analysis skills. By the end of this course you will have worked with several data sets and spreadsheets and demonstrated the basics of cleaning and analyzing data all without having to learn any code.
  • Getting started with Excel is made easy in this course. It does not require any prior experience with spreadsheets or coding. Nor does it require downloads or installation of any software. All you need is a device with a modern web browser, and ability to create a Microsoft account to access Excel online at no-cost. However if you already have a desktop version of Excel, you can follow along quite easily as well.
  • This course is part of multiple programs
  • This course can be applied to multiple Specializations or Professional Certificates programs. Completing this course will count towards your learning in any of the following programs:
  • Data Analysis and Visualization Foundations Specialization
  • IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate
  • IBM Data Analytics with Excel and R Professional Certificate
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Curriculum

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Spreadsheets

Course Introduction

Introduction to Spreadsheets

Spreadsheet Basics - Part 1

Spreadsheet Basics - Part 2

Viewpoints: Using Spreadsheets as a Data Analysis Tool

Summary and Highlights

Practice Quiz

Graded Quiz

Getting Started with Using Excel Speadsheets

Viewing, Entering, and Editing Data

Copying, Filling, and Formatting Cells and Data

The Basics of Formulas

Intro to Functions

Referencing Data in Formulas

Summary and Highlights

Practice Quiz

Graded Quiz

Cleaning & Wrangling Data Using Spreadsheets

Introduction to Data Quality

Importing File Data

Basics of Data Privacy

Viewpoints: Data Quality and Privacy

Removing Duplicated or Inaccurate Data and Empty Rows

Dealing with Inconsistencies in Data

More Excel Features for Cleaning Data

Viewpoints: Issues with Data Quality

Summary and Highlights

Summary and Highlights

Practice Quiz

Graded Quiz

Practice Quiz

Graded Quiz

Analyzing Data Using Spreadsheets

Intro to Analyzing Data Using Spreadsheets

Filtering and Sorting Data in Excel

Viewpoints: Filtering and Sorting

Useful Functions for Data Analysis

Using VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP Functions

Introduction to Creating Pivot Tables in Excel

Viewpoints: Pivot Tables

Pivot Table Features

Summary and Highlights

Summary and Highlights

Practice Quiz

Graded Quiz

Practice Quiz

Graded Quiz

Final Project

Congratulations and Next Steps

Course Credits and Acknowledgements

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    Learning Experience: I learned a lot from this course. pros and cons that I found in this course are:
    Faculty: Faculty was good , very supportive and available all the time to answer all the queries. Course has 5 modules, which can be complete with in the 5 weeks, each module has 1 assessments tests, which needs to be clear to successfully complete the course.
    Course Support: I did not have a good technical skills as a data analyst but after the course I got select in the organization as a Data analyst ,
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    Learning Experience: Coursera is an excellent platform . You can track your knowledge through weekly tests and more.
    Faculty: The lectures are clear and understandable They are always updated . The assignments involve real life examples to make it easier to apply your subject knowledge
    Course Support: Good recognition among higher authorities
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    Learning Experience: Good, it help me to know about basic things which are using for data analytics
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    Learning Experience: Intially i used excel for research anysis and statistical analysis, this course helped in my career as well as helping me to achieve my goal of becoming a data analyst
    Faculty: They were nice and helpful The course consists of side by side quiz and practice dataset which helped to keep in touch in between my work schedule
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