Excel Basics for Data Analysis by Coursera

This course will give you basic knowledge about Excel spreadsheets and Data Analysis. This course covers the basics of working with Excel spreadsheets, and how they are used in data analysis. There are many videos, demonstrations and examples to help you learn. Then, step-by-step instructions will guide you in applying and practicing on a live spreadsheet.

Excel is a vital tool when working with data, whether it's for business, marketing or data analytics. This course is for people who want to become Data Analysts or Data Scientists as a career, or just to learn how to use Excel to analyze data in their own fields. This course will give you valuable experience in cleaning and manipulating data with functions. You'll then be able to analyze your data using techniques such as filtering, sorting, and creating pivot tables. The course begins with an introduction to spreadsheets such as Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel. It also covers loading data from different formats. This introduction will teach you how to do basic data wrangling, cleansing, and expand your knowledge about data analysis through filtering, sorting and using pivot tables within the spreadsheet. These tasks will help you understand the limitations of spreadsheets and how they can be used to analyze data. This course focuses on practical and applied learning. Each lab will give you hands-on experience with data manipulation and help you to appreciate the importance of spreadsheets. You can clean up and analyze your data more quickly by learning the functions involved in data formatting. The next step is to convert your data into a pivot table. You'll also learn how to use it to organize and make your data readable. You can then show off your data analysis skills in the final project. This course will teach you how to analyze data and clean it up. This course makes it easy to get started with Excel. This course does not require any previous experience in spreadsheets or programming. It doesn't require any downloads or installations of software. To access Excel online, all you need is a web browser and a computer with Internet access. You can also follow the steps if you have Excel on your desktop.