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29 Apr-03 May 2024London - UK$5,950
24-28 Jun 2024Al Ain - UAE$5,950
09-13 Sep 2024Dubai - UAE$5,950
02-06 Dec 2024Dubai - UAE$5,950

Training Course Overview

Never before has data been so readily and freely available. From our daily commute, to our morning coffee, to our daily purchases, to our business activities and personal achievements, data is generated. The availability of such rich data set afford fabulous opportunities to solve problems and lead to improvements in all aspects of our lives, especially in commercial activities. Such problem solving traditionally involved sophisticated quantitative skills. However, in every desktop computer through the world, lies an under utilised tool, and that tool is Excel.

In this Anderson training course, you will learn to how to use Excel to query data, test hypothesis, and solve sophisticated problems. By the end of the training course, you will be conversant with 50+ Excel functions, a huge variety of charts and analysis tools.

Training Course Objectives

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Be familiar with 50+ Excel functions
  • Recognise the right chart for the right task
  • Manipulate both textual and numerical data
  • Analyse data using appropriate tools
  • Analyse relationships amongst variables and generate forecasts

Designed for

This Anderson training course is suitable for middle and senior managers who have responsibility for divisional or organizational success, as well as consultants and professionals who support them. For example:

  • Anyone with line manager responsibility
  • HR professionals
  • Oil and Gas, energy and telecom team engineers
  • Senior finance professionals
  • Board level executives and non-executives
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Training Course Overview

Never before has data been so readily and freely available. From our daily commute, to our morning coffee, to our daily purchases, to our business activities and personal achievements, data is generated. The availability of such rich data set afford fabulous opportunities to solve problems and lead to improvements in all aspects of our lives, especially in commercial activities. Such problem solving traditionally involved sophisticated quantitative skills. However, in every desktop computer through the world, lies an under utilised tool, and that tool is Excel.

In this Anderson training course, you will learn to how to use Excel to query data, test hypothesis, and solve sophisticated problems. By the end of the training course, you will be conversant with 50+ Excel functions, a huge variety of charts and analysis tools.

Training Course Objectives

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Be familiar with 50+ Excel functions
  • Recognise the right chart for the right task
  • Manipulate both textual and numerical data
  • Analyse data using appropriate tools
  • Analyse relationships amongst variables and generate forecasts

Designed for

This Anderson training course is suitable for middle and senior managers who have responsibility for divisional or organizational success, as well as consultants and professionals who support them. For example:

  • Anyone with line manager responsibility
  • HR professionals
  • Oil and Gas, energy and telecom team engineers
  • Senior finance professionals
  • Board level executives and non-executives

Day One: An Introduction to the MS Excel Environment

  • Cell referencing, cell formatting and entering formula
  • Workbooks versus Worksheets
  • Copy and pasting
  • Left click versus right click
  • Paste Special
  • Introductory charts

Day Two: Using MS Excel Functions for Fundamental Data Analysis

  • Use of text function, FIND(), LEN(), LEFT(), RIGHT() and &
  • Use of count functions, COUNTA(), COUNTIF(), COUNTIFS() and SUMIF()
  • Basic statistical functions, Max and Average
  • Filtering, sorting and use of conditional formatting
  • Scatter diagrams

Day Three: Intermediate MS Excel Functions

  • Use of VLOOKUP() and HLOOKUP()
  • Date functions, YEAR(), MONTH(), DAY(), YEARFRAC()
  • Selecting appropriate charts
  • Introduction to Pivot tables

Day Four: Carrying out Statistical Analysis using MS Excel

  • Using MS Excel to calculate mean, mode and median
  • The difference between the various standard deviation and variance function in MS Excel
  • Using MS Excel to examine inter-dependency
  • Drawing histograms in MS Excel
  • Introduction to Data Analysis functions

Day Five: What if and Scenario Analysis Using MS Excel

  • Naming cells in MS Excel
  • Linking cells together to undertake scenario analysis
  • Introduction to solver
  • Advanced charting
  • Sharing MS Excel output with other office formats

The Certificate

    Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course.

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