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About the Course

As data becomes the modern currency, so the ability to analyse the data quickly and accurately has become of paramount importance. Excel with its extraordinarily broad range of features and capabilities is one of the most widely used programs for doing this. In the first course of our Excel Skills for Data Analysis and Visualization Specialization, you will learn the fundamentals of Excel for data analysis. When you have completed the course, you will be able to use a range of Excel tools and functions to clean and prepare data for analysis; automate data analysis with the help of Named Ranges and Tables; and use logical and lookup functions to transform, link and categorise data. This course will enable you to build a strong foundation in the fundamentals, helping you to be more efficient in your day-to-day and developing the necessary skills to work with the more advanced techniques used in later courses. To make the content easy to relate to and to personalize the learning experience, we are going to follow Zara's journey through the course. Who is Zara? Well, she is no-one and everyone. You will find that Zara's trials and tribulations sound familiar, and together with Zara, you will develop your Excel skills along the way — and, importantly, have some fun doing it. The Excel Skills for Data Analytics and Visualization courses are the sequel to one of most successful specializations on Coursera, Excel Skills for Business, which has attracted hundreds of thousands of learners and top ratings. Transform your skills, your confidence, and your opportunities by adding this new set of skills to your repertoire....

Top reviews

KF

Dec 3, 2023

This is the best course I have seen in excel fundamentals on any platform. Easy to follow, many practice tests, spreadsheets and useful cheatsheets. Kudos to the instructors and Macquarie University.

FV

Jul 17, 2020

Well done. A small thing, though: in the quizzes, the grading could be made more fault-tolerant. Example: an answer such as AND(y,x) instead of AND(x,y) is deemed wrong, which borders on the nasty.

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By Megan B

Feb 29, 2024

I learned a lot in this course, however, not enough to fully get through all the assessments. Some of the assessment questions were incredibly difficult and seemed to want formulas that were not discussed or not discussed in enough detail to allow me to recall their use.

By Ben G

Jul 23, 2020

Videos and structure very good, but the course is let down but a few mistakes in the quizzes and assessments. For some, Excel is a challenge and whilst this course will help many to improve their skills, mistakes/errors that are currently there will frustrate students.

By Divya K

Sep 24, 2021

Recommend. Although there are errors on the workbook on week 4 and week5 which hinders you from attempting necessary activities. Hence it is hard to keep the momentum going at later parts of the course. Well structured and executed however not excellent in resources.

By Shannon F

Apr 19, 2022

This was an amazing course, but I wish it was moderated better. I felt totally alone in this course and was hoping for more opportunities to collaborate with other students and get more support from teachers. Other than that I learned a lot and am very grateful.

By Ribal T

Oct 11, 2022

Great content! I have learnt a lot of new features that I am sure will be useful for me. The only issue with this course is that the course creators are not reactive at all. Do not expect support from them, also many issues have been reported but never fixed.

By Hayden P

Jun 11, 2023

I enjoyed this course and gained a lot of value from it. However, the final exam I felt like the source spreadsheet we were working in did not work as it was intended and presented a lot of issues for me being able to complete the assignment.

By Kay S

Mar 13, 2023

I'm not sure if it was the way it was presented or how the questions were asked but this was by far the most difficult course i've taken on Course RA. I've taken quite a few but none frustrated me like this one.

By A. S

Sep 14, 2022

I enjoyed the male presenter and the way he laid things out. The lady was harder to understand. Also, there were too many quizzes to be able to actually absorb the material (stop and start).

By Sam W

Oct 11, 2020

There are quite a few questions in the test where the answers are right but they're marked wrong or the question doesnt match the answers. other than that its a good course.

By Duncan C

Oct 12, 2020

Excellent videos and explanations.

But too many problems with materials not working correctly. With fundamental errors on final assessment

By Szymon B A

Dec 24, 2022

The course is fine but, it is just a recap of the few selected points from the previous Specialisiation.

By HB S

Jan 10, 2021

Good introduction to new formulas and application that will make handling of data more efficiently.

By Ninosca S

Jun 2, 2022

The quizzes are so confusing that you will spend hours trying to figure out what you have to do.

By Subhrajyoti C

Jul 15, 2020

There are some errors in the assessment worksheets and questions are not very clearly mentioned.

By Alex B

Nov 22, 2021

The final test was shockingly difficult and took more than two hours to complete.

By Kristin B

May 10, 2023

This course is too advanced for a beginner and the assessments are too detailed.

By Richard S

Apr 13, 2021

Wonderful course with amazing instructors. Am happy that I completed the course.

By 王菁

Sep 29, 2021

Practise are normal. Some questions look error and are difficult to understand.

By Simonas K

Aug 20, 2021

tricky with regions....need extra explanation, how to go over #Value issues..

By Andrey T

Sep 18, 2021

Good material. ALOT of mistakes in the quizzes. Demoralising

By Deependra C

Aug 24, 2021

Ilearn o any new formuls which will help me for my future.

By Umair F

Oct 10, 2023

Although the content is good, it needs updating.

By Yousef A

Sep 21, 2022

not clear and need more examples

By Shubham Y

Apr 17, 2024

Thanks

By David W

Jan 11, 2022

The course itself (the videos, instruction, quizzes, and resources) were great. Highly recommend. I would have rated this five stars, except the final exam had a significant error in it such that the final exam could not be completed. Many students noticed this and posted about it in the discussion forum, but after months there were no responses and no assistance. It was an extremely frustrating and disappointing ending to an otherwise great course.