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Business Analytics using Excel

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Business Analytics using Excel

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Priyanka Mehta

Instructor: Priyanka Mehta

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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Beginner level
No prior experience required
3 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

47 reviews

Beginner level
No prior experience required
3 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week

What you'll learn

  • Analyze and clean business data using Excel

  • Build Pivot Tables, dashboards, and visualizations

  • Apply statistical analysis, regression, and forecasting techniques

  • Automate analytics tasks using Excel macros

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There are 12 modules in this course

Build a strong foundation in business analytics by exploring analytics fundamentals, learning objectives, and the different types and areas of analytics. Understand how analytics supports business decision-making and gain an overview of key concepts through a quick recap and knowledge check. Develop essential knowledge of business analytics to interpret data, understand analytical approaches, and prepare for practical data-driven business applications.

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7 videos1 reading2 assignments

Learn essential Excel data cleaning and formatting techniques to prepare accurate, organized, and analysis-ready datasets. Explore sorting and filtering, grouping and subtotals, Text to Columns, duplicate removal, data validation, and custom formatting. Apply these Excel skills to improve data quality, consistency, readability, and usability, while building a strong foundation for efficient business analytics and data-driven decision-making.

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11 videos3 assignments

Master essential Excel conditional formatting, logical functions, and lookup techniques for effective business analytics. Learn to apply conditional formatting to highlight important data patterns and insights. Explore logical and lookup functions, including VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX, and OFFSET, to analyze data, retrieve information, compare values, and build efficient Excel-based business analysis workflows.

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10 videos3 assignments

Learn essential Excel statistical functions for business analytics and data analysis. Explore SUMIFS and COUNTIFS for conditional calculations, along with Percentile, Quartile, STDEV, Median, and Rank functions to analyze datasets and identify key patterns. Apply these functions through practical exercises and recap activities to strengthen Excel skills, improve data interpretation, and support accurate, data-driven business decisions.

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8 videos3 assignments

Build practical Excel skills by learning how to create, organize, and analyze data using Pivot Tables. Explore Pivot Table fundamentals, grouping, custom calculations, calculated fields, and calculated items. Work through practical examples to understand how to summarize and analyze business data efficiently. Apply Pivot Tables to generate meaningful insights, simplify complex datasets, and support effective data-driven business analysis and decision-making.

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11 videos3 assignments

Build advanced Excel skills with Pivot Tables and dashboard fundamentals. Learn how to create and use slicers to filter and analyze data interactively. Practice these features through hands-on exercises and knowledge checks, then explore dashboard concepts, including what a dashboard is and how it supports data analysis. Develop a foundation for creating interactive, insightful, and effective Excel dashboards for business decision-making.

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8 videos3 assignments

Learn Excel dashboard design principles and charting techniques to create clear, engaging, and data-driven dashboards. Explore how to create and format charts, including Thermometer, Pareto, Speedometer, Stacked Column, Funnel, and Pivot Charts. Apply these techniques to present business data effectively, highlight key insights, improve data visualization, and support informed decision-making through professional Excel dashboards.

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10 videos3 assignments

Learn to create interactive Excel dashboards using form controls and dynamic charts. Explore checkboxes, combo boxes, and scroll bars to build user-friendly dashboard features and interactive visualizations. Apply these techniques through practical exercises to enhance data analysis, improve dashboard functionality, and present business insights dynamically. Strengthen your Excel dashboard skills through hands-on practice, recap activities, and knowledge checks.

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10 videos3 assignments

Build practical Excel skills for business analytics using essential analytical tools. Learn how to create histograms, use the Solver Add-in, apply Goal Seek and Data Tables, and perform descriptive statistics. Practice these techniques through hands-on exercises to analyze data, solve business problems, evaluate scenarios, and support data-driven decision-making. Reinforce your learning with recap activities and knowledge checks.

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10 videos3 assignments

Build practical Excel skills in statistical analysis by exploring moving averages, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, covariance, correlation, and regression. Learn multiple linear regression, logistic regression, and normal distribution concepts to analyze relationships, identify patterns, evaluate trends, and support data-driven business decisions.

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11 videos3 assignments

Apply statistical analysis techniques through practical Excel exercises designed to strengthen business analytics skills. Work through applied statistics exercises covering data analysis, statistical methods, and real-world problem-solving. Reinforce your understanding through multiple practice activities, recap key concepts, and complete knowledge checks to build confidence in applying statistical techniques for data-driven business decisions.

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7 videos3 assignments

Learn how to use Excel macros to automate analytics tasks and improve efficiency in data analysis. Explore macros for calculating the mean, generating a 5-point summary, calculating correlation coefficients, and removing duplicates. Build practical skills in advanced macros to automate repetitive analytical processes, streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, and support faster, more consistent business analytics.

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7 videos3 assignments

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