Discover Rice’s Top-Rated Online Course: Intro to Data Analysis Using Excel

Upskill in data analysis using a practical and accessible business tool: Excel

This course is designed to give you a beginner’s working knowledge of Excel and lay the groundwork for future courses in business statistics and data analysis methods.

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DESCRIPTION

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel (Course 1)

Excel is a powerful data analysis tool, and almost all big and small businesses use Excel in their day-to-day functions. This is an introductory course to Excel and is designed to give you a working knowledge of Excel with the aim of being able to eventually apply the knowledge to more advanced topics in later courses of this specialization.

This course is designed for beginners who have very little functional knowledge of Excel or for those who use Excel at a basic level and wish to enhance their skills. The course covers basic operations such as reading, organizing, and manipulating data, to more advanced functions of Excel. These topics are introduced using easy-to-understand examples to help learners become comfortable in understanding and applying these operations.

Who should attend:

Data analysts and Business analysts looking for online classes to help refresh or upskill in Excel and statistical methods
Early- or mid-career professionals who need data analysis courses for beginners to build foundational Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets skills tools
High school or college math students interesting in exploring potential career options and how statistics and data analytics are used in businesses
Prospective MBA students looking to get prepared before starting Business School

You will be able to:

Use basic arithmetic and logical functions in Excel
Read and filter data in Excel
Use advanced graphing and charting techniques available in Excel, such as scatter plots and histograms

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MEET YOUR RICE PROFESSOR

Sharad Borle

Sharad Borle has been a marketing professor with Rice University since 2003. He received an M.S. and Ph.D. in marketing from Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA from XLRI Institute of Management in India, and a B.Tech in electronics engineering from Banaras Hindu University also in India. Prior to his academic career Professor Borle worked in India in the Department for International Development, Suzuki Motor Corporation and Network Limited.

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