Excel Data Analysis: Introduction

September 7, 2022, 4:00pm to 7:00pm

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Location: Remote via Zoom. Link will be sent on the morning of the event.

Recordings: This D-Lab workshop will be recorded and made available to UC Berkeley participants for a limited time. Your registration for the event indicates your consent to having any images, comments and chat messages included as part of the video recording materials that are made available.

Date & Time:  This workshop will run from 4pm-7pm on:

  • Wednesday, September 7

Start Time: D-Lab workshops start 10 minutes after the scheduled start time (“Berkeley Time”). We will admit all participants from the waiting room at that time.

Description

This is a three-hour introductory workshop that will provide an overview of Excel, with no prior experience assumed. Attendees will learn how to use functions for handling data and making calculations, how to build charts and pivot tables, and more.

The workshop includes a lecture-style walkthrough of each concept, combined with challenge problems to apply each concept to a real-world data analysis application. Instructors and TAs will provide support for students using Excel on either Windows or Mac, as well as for students using Google Sheets.

Prerequisites: None.

Workshop Materials: https://github.com/dlab-berkeley/Excel-Fundamentals

Software Requirements: Installation Instructions

Is Excel Not working on your laptop? Attend the workshop anyway, we can provide you with a cloud-based solution using Google Sheets.

Feedback: After completing the workshop, please provide us feedback using this form

Questions? Email: dlab-frontdesk@berkeley.edu