Mastering Data Analysis and Visualization with Excel
Section 1. Introduction to Excel
- Overview of Excel and its benefits for data analysis
- Excel interface and navigation
- Entering data into Excel
- Formatting cells and data
- Saving and opening Excel files
Section 2: Introduction to Data Analysis
- What is data analysis?
- Why is data analysis important?
- Types of data analysis
- Introduction to Excel and its features
Section 3. Basic Excel functions for data analysis
- Understanding formulas and functions
- Common mathematical functions
- Using absolute and relative cell references
- Using named ranges
- Conditional statements and logic functions
Section 4: Data Formatting
- Formatting data in Excel
- Date and Time formatting
- Conditional formatting
- Creating custom formats
Section 5. Data cleaning and preparation
- Understanding data types and formats
- Identifying and handling missing data
- Removing duplicates
- Text functions for cleaning and manipulating data
- Converting data types
Section 6: Data Visualization
- Introduction to charts and graphs
- Creating charts and graphs in Excel
- Formatting charts and graphs
- Advanced chart and graph options
Section 7: Data Analysis Techniques
- Sorting and filtering data
- Data validation
- Creating PivotTables
- Using PivotCharts
- Creating PivotTable calculations
Section 8: Advanced Excel Functions
- Logical functions
- Lookup and reference functions
- Text functions
- Math and statistical functions
Section 9: Importing Data
- Importing data from external sources
- Working with CSV files
Section 10: Introduction to Macros
- What are macros?
- Recording macros
- Running macros
- Editing macros
Section 11: Introduction to Power Query
- What is Power Query?
- Importing data with Power Query
- Transforming data with Power Query
Section 12: Creating a Dashboard
- Introduction to Excel pivot tables
- Gathering data for a pivot table
- Creating a basic pivot table
- Formatting and customizing pivot tables
- Sorting and filtering pivot table data
- Grouping data in pivot tables
- Calculating values in pivot tables
- Using pivot table slicers for interactivity
- Creating pivot charts from pivot tables
- combine pivot charts on a single dashboard
- communicate data using Dashboard
Section 12: Final Project
- Applying learned skills to a real-world data analysis project
- Project development and presentation