Microsoft Excel: Moving Beyond the Basics

Overview

This course explores the increasingly complex features of Excel that facilitate efficient data analysis.  We will introduce numerous analytical methods and techniques by using practical examples to illustrate how to unleash the power of Excel when manipulating, analyzing and reporting information.

Objectives

• Apply a variety of advanced formulas to analyze and manipulate data
• Identify solutions to data analysis problems
• Identify how Excel can be used as a tool to address data analysis problems you encounter in your professional and personal endeavors

Highlights

• Using formulas to manipulate and transform data
• Using formulas and reference formulas such as =VLOOKUP
• Using pivot tables
• Understanding Solver to perform multivariate analysis