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Statistics and Data Analysis in Excel 

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Statistics and Data Analysis in Excel
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Overview

Duration

5 weeks

Total fee

900

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Statistics and Data Analysis in Excel
 at 
FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from CloudSwyft Global Systems, Inc.
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Statistics and Data Analysis in Excel
 at 
FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • On this five-week course, you'll delve into applied statistics and learn how to use the powerful tools built into Excel to explore the core principles of statistics
  • Learning from the specialists at CloudSwyft, a leading Learning-as-a-Service platform provider, you'll develop essential data science skills to improve your knowledge and confidence in the field
  • On the course, you'll develop an understanding of the concepts of descriptive statistics and basic probability before learning how to apply them
  • To develop your statistical skills further, you'll learn about the fundamentals of random variables, sampling, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing - all key concepts in data analysis

Statistics and Data Analysis in Excel
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Descriptive Statistics

About the Course

Defining Data

Histogram and Skewness

Descriptive Statistics with Analysis ToolPak

What is a Boxplot?

Categorical Data, PivotTables, and PivotCharts

Summarizing Heirarchal Data

80-20 Rule and Pareto Charts

Week 1 Test

Basic Probability

Introduction to Probability

Law of Complements

Mutually Exclusive Events and Finding Prob (A or B)

Conditional Probability

Law of Total Probability and Bayes Rule

Basic Probability Review

Week 2 Test

Random Variables

Random Variable Definitions

Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable

Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation for Sum of Random Variables

Binomial Random Variable

Poisson Random Variable

Normal Random Variable

Central Limit Theorem

Z Scores

Week 3 Test

Sampling and Confidence Intervals

Populations and Samples

Point Estimation of a Population Mean and Proportion

The Standard Normal

Confidence Interval Estimation

Sample Size Determination

The Finite Correction Factor

Additional Reading

Week 4 Quiz

Hypothesis Testing

Defining Hypotheses

Type I and Type II Error

One Sample Z-Test

One Sample T-Test

Single Sample Test for Population Proportion

Testing Equality of Variances

Testing the Difference Between Two Population Means

Chi-Squared Test for Independence

Additional Reading

Week 5 Quiz

Wrapping Up the Course

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