Students will focus on working with tabular data, creating analysis plans, and utilizing advanced programs for in-depth analysis and insights discovery. The acquired knowledge allows clear and human-readable data representation, as well as efficient classification and analysis of information for business decision-making, leading to optimization and growth for organizations.

Course Structure and What You Will Learn

Throughout the course, we introduce and teach the principles and tools for working with Excel. How to use Excel's provided tools correctly and efficiently. Excel is a powerful tool for data analytics, providing the capabilities to analyze, understand, and efficiently display complex data. With a focus on tabular data, the knowledge gained from Excel becomes a primary tool for the following tasks:

• Fundamental Excel Concepts: Within the context of data analytics, Excel serves as a foundational and essential tool for analyzing, understanding, and presenting diverse data. The basic concepts below focus on using Excel for data analytics:
• Data Analysis and Manipulation: Excel allows us to perform arithmetic operations within data tables, such as calculating sums, averages, medians, standard deviations, and more. Students categorize and filter data using filters, assessing the impact of various variables on the results. They learn to analyze, understand, process, and present data in a simple and comprehensible manner to all organization members. The use of Excel's calculation functions, such as VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, and IF, enables complex tabular data analysis and filtering. When these functions are combined, advanced criteria can be created for selecting and extracting the most relevant information.
• Dynamic Tables and Filters: Performing filters on tables using tools like AutoFilter or advanced filters allows us to display only the data relevant to the current analysis. This way, more accurate insights can be filtered and extracted from extensive data.
• Statistical Tools: Excel's included statistical functions, such as SUM, AVERAGE, MEDIAN, STDEV, and more, help us calculate central data, measures of dispersion, and advanced statistical data. These tools enable us to perform estimation and statistical analysis in various domains.
• Creating Graphs and Diagrams: Excel provides a variety of tools for creating impressive graphs and diagrams that help display data visually and clearly. Students will learn to create visual graphs like columns, sparklines, pie charts, and lines. They will use these tools to process data and create impressive visualizations. Functions like Sparklines or Conditional Formatting allow graphical data representation even within individual cells of a table.
• Working with Tabular Data: Through Excel, students learn to analyze more complex data using fundamental statistical tools. They understand how to use functions like SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, and AVERAGEIFS for advanced calculations and deep insights from data.