Introduction to Excel data analysis:
Data analysis in Excel is a common and powerful task that allows you to manipulate, summarize, and visualize data to gain insights and make informed decisions. Excel provides a variety of tools and functions to perform data analysis efficiently.
Data Analysis Techniques in Excel:
Ranges and Tables
Data Cleaning - Text Functions, Dates and Times
Conditional Formatting
Sorting and Filtering
Subtotals with Ranges
Quick Analysis
Understanding Lookup Functions
Pivot Tables Data
Visualization in Excel Data Validation
Financial
Analysis
Using Multiple Worksheets Formula
Review What-
If Analysis
Excel data analysis steps:
Step 1: Import or enter data
Step 2: Data cleaning using Text to Column
Step 3: Explore and summarize data
Step 4: Apply data analysis techniques Step
5: Create charts and graphs
Step 6: Apply conditional formatting (Optional)
Step 7: What-if analysis (Optional)
Step 8: Interpret the results
Excel data analysis method
- Concatenation: =CONCATENATE is one of the simplest yet most powerful data analysis formulas. Text, numbers, dates and other data from multiple cells can be combined into one.
Formula: =CONCATENATE(select the cells you want to merge)
- Len : =LEN quickly returns the number of characters in a given cell. As shown in the example above, the =LEN formula can be used to determine the number of characters in a cell to distinguish between two