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About the Course

The simple spreadsheet is one of the most powerful data analysis tools that exists, and it’s available to almost anyone. Major corporations and small businesses alike use spreadsheet models to determine where key measures of their success are now, and where they are likely to be in the future. But in order to get the most out of a spreadsheet, you have the know-how to use it. This course is designed to give you an introduction to basic spreadsheet tools and formulas so that you can begin harness the power of spreadsheets to map the data you have now and to predict the data you may have in the future. Through short, easy-to-follow demonstrations, you’ll learn how to use Excel or Sheets so that you can begin to build models and decision trees in future courses in this Specialization. Basic familiarity with, and access to, Excel or Sheets is required....

Top reviews

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Sep 3, 2022

Good course with the essentials in data mindset and skill for basic data analytics tools. But sometime the teacher describles unclearly so It is hard to complete the quiz.

MM

Jun 22, 2017

This course has made me understand cost accounting, has provided a fresh perspective on how to solve some of the challenges i had with management accounting and as a bonus, made me love maths again :)

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By Ada G S

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Oct 20, 2017

Really good basic explanations to spreadsheets and models.

By Sanyam S

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Oct 20, 2020

Course was amazing, but I think the same can be extended.

By Ishita R

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Jun 12, 2021

Some of the important pointers can be detailed further.

By Aditya K

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Oct 14, 2019

Enjoyed and Learned many new things. Thanks Coursera.

By Daniel R F

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Apr 23, 2017

Bastante didático, fácil de absorver conhecimentos.

By Max

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Jun 16, 2016

Good course. Not excellent, but useful nonetheless!

By José L R C

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Nov 19, 2019

There was some unclear concepts.

The rest was ok.

By Fabio C

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May 8, 2018

Could have had more explanations on Monte Carlo

By Igor F V V d C

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Apr 11, 2016

Several problems with the student assessment.

By Hennie d N

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Jun 23, 2016

first week toooo simple, later weeks better

By Jason M

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Mar 24, 2016

The professor introducted the features very

By Thiago M

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Aug 12, 2016

Great if you are looking for the basics.

By Rodrigo R

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Aug 23, 2017

final correct answers are not available

By Asif M

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Dec 8, 2020

Good course for introductory knowledge

By MURAD A

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May 31, 2020

it should be more detailed and covered

By warren p

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Dec 30, 2019

Would like some answers for the tests.

By Jonathan T

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Nov 10, 2022

Phrasing of questions could be better

By Chen C C

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Nov 22, 2019

Too simple and not really organized.

By Indrajeet K

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Apr 29, 2020

Examples needed to be more detailed

By Racheal

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Mar 31, 2020

hard to understand but very useful

By ishant k

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Mar 27, 2021

good course for a 30000 feet view

By Chris A w

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Feb 8, 2020

This course was very informative.

By Aditya T

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Oct 6, 2019

Need models to be more realistic!

By Santiago C

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Aug 2, 2019

Very basic exercises and topics

By Shantanu K

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Jan 7, 2018

Videos can be more informative.