Data Analysis for the Modern Business Analyst

Description

In this course, we focus on the specific functions, formulas, and tools that Excel has to help conduct business or data analysis. We take you on a no-nonsense journey to teach you how to use them.

Conducted live by OCL Learning Data Experts. You could also take full Advanced Excel here

We start by looking at how to take raw data and prepare it for analysis. After that, we look at a number of tools and functions that can be used to conduct analysis such as Pivot Tables, before moving onto how to display data in the most meaningful way using charts, Pivot Charts, Slicers and so much more.

Finally, we move onto some more advanced techniques designed to aid forecasting and using existing data to predict future trends.This course also includes practice exercises so you can immediately put into practice the new data analysis techniques that you learn.

Duration: 1 Day/8 Hours | Cost $ 100.00

Delivery: Live Online

What you’ll learn

How to merge data from different sources using VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX MATCH, and XLOOKUP
How to use IF, IFS, IFERROR, SUMIF, and COUNTIF to apply logic to your analysis
How to split data using text functions SEARCH, LEFT, RIGHT, MID
How to standardize and clean data ready for analysis in Excel
About using the PivotTable function to perform data analysis
How to display your analysis using Pivot Charts in Excel
Conducting a Linear Forecast and Forecast Smoothing in Excel
All about Histograms and Regression in Excel
How to use Goal Seek, Scenario Manager, and Solver to fill data gaps in Excel

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