Excel and Spreadsheets Essentials
Get comfortable with spreadsheets, from tidy tables to formulas and charts.
See the courseData Analysis Basics
Ask good questions of data, clean it, and explain what you found.
- Beginner
- 5 modules
- About 4 hours
- Free preview
Free while the course is in review.
You'll be able to
- Turn a vague request into a clear question
- Spot and fix messy data
- Summarise data with averages and groups
- Explain a finding with one clear chart
Who it's for
Career changers, students and professionals who want to work with data.
What you'll learn
Ask a clear question
Turn 'look at the sales' into a question data can answer.
Clean messy data
Find duplicates, blanks and typos, and fix them before you count anything.
Summarise with numbers
Use totals, averages and groups to describe what the data shows.
Show it with a chart
Choose a chart that answers your question at a glance.
Tell the story
Explain what you found, why it matters and what to do next, in plain words.
Final project
Answer one real question with a small dataset: clean it, summarise it, chart it and explain the finding.
Taught your way
- Pick simple words or more detail, and more or fewer pictures.
- Lessons fit 10, 20 or 40 minute sessions.
- Already know some of it? A quick check lets you skip ahead.
- Every lesson ends with practice and feedback on your own work.
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All questionsIs the same course the same for everyone?
The modules and what you are checked against are the same, so everyone learns the same skills. How each lesson is explained, and the examples it uses, change for you.
Do I need any experience?
No. Every course starts from the basics. If you already know some of it, an optional two-minute check lets you skip ahead.
How much does it cost?
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What if I don't understand a lesson?
Choose "Try it another way" under any idea to get it simpler, with more detail, with another example, as a picture or as a story. You can also ask your learning companion a question.
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