📊 Data Analysis with Excel – Study Notes
1. Introduction
● Excel is widely used for data entry, cleaning, analysis, and visualization.
● Businesses rely on it for reporting and decision-making.
2. Essential Functions
● SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT – Basic aggregation.
● IF – Conditional logic (=IF(A1>50,"Pass","Fail")).
● VLOOKUP / HLOOKUP – Look up values in tables.
● INDEX & MATCH – More flexible lookups.
3. Data Cleaning Tools
● Remove duplicates
● Text-to-Columns
● Find & Replace
● TRIM and CLEAN functions
4. Pivot Tables
● Summarize large datasets quickly.
● Example: Sales by Region and Product.
5. Charts & Visualization
● Bar, Line, Pie, and Scatter charts.
● Use charts for communicating insights clearly.
6. Case Study
An HR team uses Pivot Tables to analyze employee attrition by department.
Excel dashboards help managers track KPIs monthly.