Audience

Analysts, researchers, scientists, graduates and students and anyone who is interested in learning how to facilitate statistical analysis in Microsoft Excel.

Course Objectives

This course will help improve your familiarity with Excel and statistics and as a result increase the effectiveness and efficiency of your work or research.

This course describes how to use the Analysis ToolPack in Microsoft Excel, statistical functions and how to perform basic statistical procedures. It will explain what Excel limitation are and how to overcome them.

Aggregating Data in Excel

• Statistical Functions
• Outlines
• Subtotals
• Pivot Tables

Data Relation Analysis

• Normal Distribution
• Descriptive Statistics
• Linear Correlation
• Regression Analysis
• Covariance

Analysing Data in Time

• Trends/Regression line
• Linear, Logarithmic, Polynomial, Power, Exponential, Moving Average Smoothing
• Seasonal fluctuations analysis

Comparing Populations

• Confidence Interval for the Mean
• Test of Hypothesis Concerning the Population Mean
• Difference Between Mean of Two Populations
• ANOVA: Analysis of Variances
• Goodness-of-Fit Test for Discrete Random Variables
• Test of Independence: Contingency Tables
• Test Hypothesis Concerning the Variance of Two Populations

Forecasting

• Extrapolation

The course reveals the secrets of effective writing advanced applications in VBA application MsExcel.

After the course you can:

• Write an advanced object-oriented application
• Convert text files
• Use of external data sources
• Use external libraries

Excel Object Model

• The protection sheet from VBA
• Object Workbook, Workbooks collection
• Worksheet Object, Collection Worksheets
• Validation sheets
• Practical methods of the Range object
• Copy, paste, paste special
• Property CurrentRegion
• Find, replace
• Sorting ranges
• Charts (Object Chart)

Events

• Application-level events

Boards

• Dynamic arrays
• Table arrays Variant
• Optimizing arrays and memory
• Multi-dimensional arrays

Object-Oriented Programming

• Classes and Objects
• Creating classes
• Creating and Destroying Objects
• Create methods
• Create property
• Validation data using property
• The default properties and methods
• Error handling in the classroom

Create and manage collections

• Create a collection
• Adding and removing items
• References to the components (using a key and an index)

Advanced structures and functions VBA

• Passing parameters by value and reference (ByRef and ByVal)
• Procedures with a variable number of parameters
• Optional Parameters and Defaults
• Procedures of unknown number of parameters (ParamArray)
• Enumeration, convenient parameter passing
• Type the user (User-defined Type)
• Service Null, Nothing, empty string "", Empty, 0
• Type conversion (Conversion)

File Operations

• Opening and closing text files
• Reading and writing text and binary data
• Processing of records in the CSV file
• Efficient processing of text files

Use VBA functions in other applications

Extras

• Create your own add-ons
• Create a toolbar for addition
• Installing your own add-ons and their protection

Using external libraries

Connecting to external databases (ODBC, OLEDB)

The course participants will be able to efficiently use primarily data analysis tools such as scenarios and pivot tables, use the features to perform calculations on dates and text-processing functions, and create and adapt to the needs of macros to automate work with spreadsheets.

Adjustment of the working environment

• Hotkeys, facilities
• Create and modify toolbars
• Options excel (autosave, input, etc.).
• Options paste special (transpose)
• Formatting (style, format painter)
• Tool - go to

Organization of information

• Management sheets (naming, copying, color change)
• Assign and manage the names of cells and ranges
• Protect worksheet and workbook
• Secure and encrypt files
• Collaboration and track changes, comments
• Inspection sheet
• Create your own templates (charts, worksheets, workbooks)

Data analysis

• Logic
• Basic Features
• Advanced Features
• Creation of complex / multiple formulas
• Scenarios
• Search result
• Solver
• Charts
• Graphics support (shadows, charts, AutoShapes)

Database management (list)

• Data consolidation
• Grouping and outlining data
• Sorting data (over 4 columns)
• Advanced data filtering
• Database Functions
• Subtotal (partial)
• Tables and Pivot Charts

Cooperation with other applications

• Get External Data (CSV, TXT)
• OLE (static and link)
• Web Queries
• Publication sheets on site (static and dynamic)
• Publication PivotTables

Automation of work

• Conditional Formatting
• Create your own formats
• Check the validation

Macros - automation tasks in sheets

• Registration macros
• Understanding and modifying the code macros (VBA items)
• Connecting the interface macros or workbook
• Create forms on screen or printed

Knowledge of Windows and MS Excel basics

• Excel Data Types
• Look up values ​​in a spreadsheet
• Naming the range, create a range of labels
• Modifying named ranges
• Create custom number formats
• Use AutoFormat options in a spreadsheet
• Create a named style
• Creating a user template
• Protection sheets

Organizing data in a worksheet

• Create a list of data
• Adding to the list of series
• Creating a custom sort lists
• Consolidate data
• Create conspect

Processing of data in a spreadsheet

• Apply conditional formatting
• Summarizing data with subtotals
• Filter the list of data
• Create a custom filter
• Create an advanced filter
• Create scenarios
• Data Validation

Creating formulas

• Aggregation of cell contents using the AutoSum
• Adding in the dialog window
• Insert Function
• Editing formulas
• Evaluate Formula
• Using Solver tool to obtain specific values ​​of the arguments
• Create a conditional formula
• Using the data table to solve the formulas
• Tracking error performance formulas
• Look up values ​​in a particular row or column
• Determine the value location 
• Returning values ​​from a cell in a specific location in the data list
• Positioning of the data list
• Create a table of credit

The processing of information from external data sources

• Combining data from other Windows programs
• Importing a delimited text file
• Dividing a column of data into multiple columns
• Create a Web Query
• Importing database table
• Using queries to selectively retrieve information from external databases
• Calculate the average of the values ​​stored in the database

Produce data charts

• Changing the chart type
• Creating a custom chart types
• Adding a trendline to a chart
• Adding new values ​​and change data for the chart
• Create a combination chart

Using Pivot Table reports

• Basic information about PivotTables
• Overview of PivotTable fields.
• Create a PivotTable report with a list of data
• Change the layout of a PivotTable
• Filtering fields
• Changing the type of calculation data fields
• Grouping PivotTable data elements
• Entering additional calculations to the data area
• Add a calculated field
• Adding a calculated
• Get values ​​from a PivotTable report

Creating a PivotChart

• Performing the pivot of information from external database
• Change the layout of a PivotChart
• Changing a PivotChart
• Filtering fields PivotChart
• Grouping elements PivotChart field
• Add a table of data to the PivotChart