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Course Date:
TBA
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Registration Period:
TBA
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Time:
TBA,
16 hours / 2 days
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Mode of Training:
Facilitated Learning (F2F)
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Venue:
Singapore Polytechnic
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Funding:
Eligible for SkillsFuture Credit
*Please note that once the maximum class size is reached, the online registration will be closed.
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Have you ever wondered how you could generate relevant information and gain insights from your data using Excel 2016? Become an Excel power user and increase your job efficiency by equipping yourself with emerging data analysis skills.
This fundamental data analysis course is designed to equip you with relevant Excel skills for the purpose of analyzing data in business applications.
You will learn how to import data from various sources, merge data and organize them for visual presentation, and analyze the data to gain insights to support decision making.
By the end of the course, you will have:
An understanding of how to apply most commonly used statistical and lookup functions.
The ability to gather data and organize the data for analysis in business.
Knowledge in chart generation and interpretation.
The ability to build dashboards using PivotTables and PivotCharts.
Skills in using Excel What-If Analysis and Data Analysis tools for generating different scenarios of business environment and aiding decision making.
Collecting and Managing Business Data
• Getting external data from various sources.
• Preparing data using text manipulation.
• Using statistical functions and formulae.
• Extracting data with lookup functions.
• Formatting and conditional formatting.
• Tapping into real data from the Internet for business analysis
Constructing Charts
• Plotting different types of charts. Customizing charts for presentations. Using Sparklines.
Building Dashboard using PivotTables and PivotCharts
• Understanding and use of Excel tables.
• Creating PivotTables to analyze worksheet data.
• Creating dashboards using PivotCharts for visual presentation.
• Adding Slicers and Timelines for interactive display.
• Introducing multi-table PivotTables and data model.
Decision making using What-If Analysis
• Building Data Tables. Building charts from Data Tables. Using Scenario Manager for reporting different scenarios. Exploring Data Analysis tools.
Hands-On Practice
• Practicing a list of tasks that help hone data analysis skills in generating required information.