Learn Excel

Master the Excel basics and learn to use this spreadsheet tool to conduct impactful analysis.

In this Excel course, you’ll learn the fundamentals needed to have you analyzing data in spreadsheets before you know it. This course focuses on helping you navigate Excel and prepare your data for basic analysis. You’ll learn how to manage tables and apply calculations to your data to provide new insights.
You’ll learn about the many available functions in Excel that can help you to perform calculations, analyze data and, in some cases, automate tasks.
We’ll finish this course by explaining the basics of using Excel to effectively communicate data through compelling visuals. You’ll explore the versatility of area, column, and pie charts to help tell a story to bring your analysis to life.

• Getting started with Excel
• In this chapter, you’ll learn how to navigate Excel and understand how best to work with tables. You will cover topics such as navigating the grid layout, importing data, manipulating data with tables, and creating basic formulas.
• Managing data and applying aggregate functions
• In this chapter, you’ll learn how to work with data in a tabular layout. You will cover topics such as creating named ranges, using subtotals to summarize groups of data, and applying data validation rules. Additionally, you’ll learn how to use aggregate functions in Excel to help summarize your data.
• Other functions and visualizing data
• Finally, in this chapter, we’ll finish by looking at the various functions available within Excel and learn how to start visualizing basic data. You will cover text, date and time, statistical functions, and learning to use built-in Excel features to visualize your data.