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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 29, 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 3, 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 Khumbulani F M

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Jan 15, 2020

The course is essential in setting a foundation in using excel. All course material was succinct and eas

By Siyi Z

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Jun 3, 2019

Great, I learned basis skills of data analysis using excel. And next I would learn more advanced courses

By Farhad

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Jul 26, 2017

Great course. Finally I know all the things I needed to know while i was doing project at my university.

By Aderoju, P A

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Sep 3, 2020

Great learning experience. The instructor was very detailed in his approach. Thank you Rice University.

By Anita Y

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Aug 26, 2020

Very well designed course. Delivery was very good. Course content was explained properly and logically.

By Schellinger L

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Nov 2, 2022

I really like the course, everything was explained very well and helped me to improve my Excel skills.

By M R S H

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Oct 23, 2021

Every thing is good but if there was explaination for the assignments, then it would be a great course

By BIRAJ P

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Mar 25, 2017

The course structure is set keeping in mind that even Beginners can do the course without any problem.

By Pema N

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Oct 11, 2020

its one of the best ever on excel - i learnt. To the point, summarized and very meaningful.

Thank you!

By Rashmi T

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Jul 27, 2020

AMAZING COURSE! ONE OF THE BEST ON COURSERA FOR SURE! A MUST FOR GETTING TO KNOW THE BASICS OF EXCEL.

By Lim K L

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May 27, 2020

Great course to learned with most of the important basic data analysis knowledge using Excel. Thanks.

By Anamitra S (

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Jun 4, 2019

The instructor explained this course in a lucid manner which helped me to learn the course with ease.

By 金宇

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Nov 8, 2018

Excellent class, brief introduction to using excel to data learning, hope to learn more in the future

By Isaac E

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Feb 13, 2022

Good to get back to pick the pieces on one of the most fundamental practical courses in the industry

By John W S

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Jul 15, 2021

A great introductory course! A good review. Toward the end of the course, I picked up some skills.

By Ifueko U O

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Jan 28, 2021

I found this course very easy to follow and quite engaging. I enjoyed learning from Dr Sharad Borle.

By Daniel K

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Dec 28, 2020

I learned a lot during the course. The professor explains clearly on each topic. Thank you Coursera.

By BHUPESH S A

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Sep 22, 2020

really it is a very knowledgeable and interesting course. I like much the quizzes and test quetions.

By Marianna S G

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Jan 13, 2020

This course was very practical and easy to understand to be able to start using Excel appropriately.

By Cassie A

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Apr 28, 2019

My first ever online course. It was engaging, informative and interactive. Really well put together.

By Evangeline D M

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May 7, 2018

Clear instructions and descriptive examples. Best course for a beginner. Thank you, Professor Borle!

By Kelly R

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May 3, 2018

Very informative and easy to understand. All information on the quizzes were covered in the lessons.

By Julia K

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Jul 13, 2017

This course greatly helped me to gain basic excel knowledge. Straightforward and easy to understand.

By Rick R

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Nov 6, 2016

Great course. Detailed instructor videos, good quizzes to test knowledge and materials were helpful.

By Pieter-Paul P

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Feb 9, 2025

Good introduction training, highlighting the key concepts of MS Excel. Hands-on exercises included.