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Problem Solving with Excel

If you are a PwC Employee, gain access to the PwC Specialization and Courses for free using the instructions on the PwC L&D Spark page or simply search "Coursera" on PwC Spark.This Specialization will help you get practical with data analysis, turning business intelligence into real-world outcomes. We'll explore how a combination of better understanding, filtering, and application of data can help you solve problems faster - leading to smarter and more effective decision-making. You'll learn how to use Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other common data analysis and communication tools, and

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Created by: Alex Mannella

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This course explores Excel as a tool for solving business problems. In this course you will learn the basic functions of excel through guided demonstration. Each week you will build on your excel skills and be provided an opportunity to practice what you've learned. Finally, you will have a chance to put your knowledge to work in a final project. Please note, the content in this course was developed using a Windows version of Excel 2013. This course was created by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with an address at 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10017.
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PLEASE NOTE: If you are experiencing access or payment issues, please reach out the the Coursera support center at https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us for help. Alex Mannella was a founding member and Partner in PwC's Information and Analytics Practice and is a seasoned professional on the issues of customer value management (CVM), response modeling, database marketing, and data mining. He has extensive experience in developing response and segmentation algorithms for organizations of varying sizes, database development, and the use of artificial intelligence for data mining studies. Prior to joining PwC, Alex was head of research at Econometrics, Inc.. He was instrumental in the redesign of their national database of more than 180 million records for response modeling, data mining and direct marketing campaigns. In addition, Alex played a key role in the development of the life-stage variable at Econometrics, a variable that is a key component in CRM and market basket analysis. Alex is an active member of the American Statistical Association (Chicago Chapter) and the Chicago Association of Direct Marketing. Alex is a guest lecturer at UCLA, Stanford, ITAM (Mexico), Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), IIM-B, and ISB. In addition, Alex sits on an advisory board at the University of Chicago Graham School.

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By Xin Q on 10-Nov-19

A really great and awesome experience! Really provide comprehensive view (mix of theory and example cases), easy to understand and moreover, it comes directly from PwC! Awesome and a very great job you all make! Thank you so much

By franco p on 7-Nov-19

great p

By Pun C S on 6-Nov-19

The course gives a lot of hands on examples on working with data to run analysis on those. The examples were life like and it felt like I was building something that could be presented to a stakeholder.

By dinesh k on 5-Nov-19

This course really fill the gap of ignorance in excel. I am so glad to be part of the learner

By Richard H D on 28-Oct-19

Best course

By Gary S on 27-Oct-19

Best course ever

By Diego T B on 20-Oct-19

This is a great well-structured course with plenty of practical exercises. I took lots of the info I got and used it in the office straight away. Thank you so much!

By Sylvain D on 18-Oct-19

Very helpful. I learnt a lot of powerful formulae I never knew existed

By heechan s on 16-Oct-19

I had very basic knowledge of Excel prior to this course and with this course , I feel I now am better equipped to use Excel

By Jens R on 13-Oct-19

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. There were lots of opportunities to practice what we were learning and I enjoyed that aspect of the course. I look forward to learning more about Excel and how I can become more efficient at using it in the workplace. The PwC staff in charge of setting this course up have done a fantastic job!

By Akshit V on 12-Oct-19

A good course covering excel in detail. Please also add tableau or any other tool in this course itself.

By Debasis S on 10-Oct-19

Really interesting course for anyone who works with excel on a daily basis and want to take his/her skills to the next level ! I liked that the course is open to beginner but can also really benefit people with advance knowledge. I would definetl

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