This comprehensive online course will empower you with advanced statistical techniques to derive data summaries and visualisations for you to drive actionable insights, using Microsoft Excel.
Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel: Advanced
Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel: Advanced
Instructor: Assoc Prof Prashan S. M. Karunaratne
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10 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Design and develop interactive data visualisations in Excel.
Integrate Excel functions and the Data Analysis ToolPak for professional applications.
Analyse and evaluate data in Excel using advanced statistical tools.
Create forecasts in Excel to drive actionable insights.
Skills you'll gain
- Data Analysis
- Statistics
- Data Visualization Software
- Statistical Modeling
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Statistical Analysis
- Probability & Statistics
- Advanced Analytics
- Microsoft Excel
- Statistical Inference
- Statistical Methods
- Analytics
- Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
- Business Analytics
- Forecasting
- Variance Analysis
- Regression Analysis
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July 2025
Assessments
9 assignments
Taught in English
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There are 5 modules in this course
Welcome to Excel Skills for Statistics and Data Analysis - Advanced! In this module, we will cover ANOVA - Analysis of Variance. We will be looking at how we can compare and contrast three or more samples of data.
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6 videos5 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt
In this module, we explore the statistical tools and techniques that are available when we have a Cause and Effect relationship between three or more data sets.
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6 videos5 readings2 assignments
In this module, we explore how we can incorporate qualitative data into a quantitative regression model.
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5 videos3 readings2 assignments
In this module, we will be looking at some advanced charting and forecasting tools and techniques. This will include Bubble Charts, Exponential Smoothing, and Forecast Sheet.
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4 videos4 readings3 assignments
The material in this section consists of a series of Toolboxes. While the material covered in these Toolboxes is not necessarily related to Statistics - these Toolboxes will help you expand your tools and techniques in Microsoft Excel. To further your skills in Microsoft Excel in domains beyond Statistics, you may want to consider our other courses and specializations: Excel Skills for Business. Excel Skills for Data Analytics and Visualization, Excel Skills for Business Forecasting
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7 readings
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