The course will enable the students to
1. Study the advanced concept of MS Excel.
2. Apply the concepts of advanced data manipulation using spreadsheets.
Course | Learning outcome (at course level) | Learning and teaching strategies | Assessment Strategies | |
Course Code | Course Title | |||
25ADAS 200 |
Data Analysis using Spreadsheets- II (Practical) | CO115. Effectively use spreadsheets to perform statistical computations on different data sets. CO116. Perform sensitivity analysis on data. CO117. Compute and interpret the descriptive statistics for different problems. CO118. Explain the usage of different functions in textual analysis. CO119. Develop advanced data management skills for industry. CO120. Contribute effectively in course- specific interaction | Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Demonstrations, Group activities, Teaching using advanced IT audio-video tools Learning activities for the students: Effective assignments, Giving tasks. | Assessment Strategies Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Practical Assignments, Individual and group projects |
Revision of Concepts covered in Sem I. Working around Multiple Spreadsheets.
Financial Functions (PV, NPV, IRR, Rate, FV, PMT, NPER).
Decision Making & Advance Spread-Sheet Tools: What if analysis (Data tables, Scenario, Goal seek, Sub-totals, Pivot Table), Macros, Protection.
Text Functions (Len, Mid, Find, Proper, Rept , Trim, Upper, Substitute, Concatenate
Date & Time functions (NOW, DATE, TIME, DAY, MONTH, YEAR, HOUR, MINUTE) SECOND).
Advanced Graphing and Charting: Data Trends, Combination charts, Box plots
Basic Data Descriptors: Revisions of Measures of central tendency & dispersion, Descriptive Measures of Association, Normal distribution: NORM.DIST, NORM.INV functions.
Data from other sources: Importing external data from different database files, text files. Creating Custom Views of your Worksheet, Importing Live Data.
Adding plugins and third party tools.
Collaborative Tools: Using Google Sheets for collaboration. Use of Google Drive to save, store, share and access files and folders from anywhere.
1. Denise Etheridge, “Excel Data Analysis”, Wiley Publication, Third Edition
2. Hector Guerrero ,“Excel Data Analysis - Modeling and Simulation”, Springer
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Financial Analysis and Modeling using Excel and VBA: Chandan Sen Gupta, Wiley
e-RESOURCES:
1. https://www.w3schools.com/EXCEL/index.php [2]
2. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/excel-video-training-9bc05390-e94c-46af- a5b3-d7c22f6990bb
3. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/advanced_excel/index.htm [3]
4. https://www.coursera.org/learn/excel-advanced [4]
JOURNALS:
1.International Journal of Data Science and Analytics, Springer:https://www.springer.com/journal/41060 [5]
Links:
[1] https://csit.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/data-analysis-using-spreadsheets-ii-2
[2] http://www.w3schools.com/EXCEL/index.php
[3] http://www.tutorialspoint.com/advanced_excel/index.htm
[4] http://www.coursera.org/learn/excel-advanced
[5] http://www.springer.com/journal/41060
[6] https://csit.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2025-26