Data Preparation in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a very popular spreadsheet program that is often used to manage data. This course will teach you how to use various Excel functions to prepare your data for further analysis by cleaning, transforming, and formatting the data.
What you'll learn
As you work with data in Microsoft Excel, you will often encounter data that is messy or incomplete. How do you prepare your raw data to make it easier to use?
In this course, Data Preparation in Microsoft Excel, you will learn
how to use a variety of Excel functions to prepare your data for
further analysis by cleaning, transforming, and formatting the data.
First, you’ll learn how to add cells to and delete cells from an existing spreadsheet. Next, you’ll learn how to clean and transform your
data. Finally, you’ll look at how to format your data and spreadsheet to
make it easier to interpret. When you’re finished with this course,
you’ll have the knowledge of Excel needed to ensure that your data
is properly prepared for your next analytics project!
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About the author
Jason Browning is a data and analytics professional with extensive experience in both the public and private sector, currently serving as the chief data officer at Montana State University. As a Tableau Desktop Certified Professional, Jason loves to build data visualizations that both inform and inspire. He is capable of wrangling messy data both inside and outside of Tableau, and using SQL to perform complex queries. He holds a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University of Wy... more