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Start Date:06 Oct 2026
End Date:13 Oct 2026
Tue (Evening):18:00 - 21:00
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Data analysis in Excel is a valuable skill across all sectors, helping organisations turn data into insights that support effective decision-making and goal achievement.
This course will teach you how to use Excel to organise, analyse, and present data, enabling you to draw meaningful conclusions from large datasets.
Participants who will attend the full course will receive a City Lit certificate of attendance electronically for their CV or CPD records. The certificate will show your name, course title and dates of the course you have attended.
What will we cover?
The course will be split into a mix of revising some intermediate/advanced excel skills that data analysts could implement to different data sets. The skills will then be applied to data set examples.
Key topics: • Sorting and filter data via both traditional point-and-click and formula-based approaches • Conditional formatting of data • Charts • Pivot tables • GROUPBY and PIVOTBY: Pivot tables via formulas • Data entry and data organisation pitfalls
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
Address a set of data and process the information using Excel • Find some key points to create conclusions, recommendations and next steps relevant for a range of stakeholders.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
An intermediate knowledge of Excel is expected.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Step by step instruction, with demonstrations where appropriate, will help you grasp the concepts.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
There are no additional costs. You may choose to bring your own laptop if you wish.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
City Lit offers a variety of progression courses in this subject area. Please click here to view our Microsoft 365 courses.
Disclaimer: Use of Third-Party Software This course might require you to either use your own personal account or create an account for the purposes of this course. City Lit cannot accept any responsibility for any failings of the third party or provide technical support. Whilst using the software you will be responsible for abiding by the providers terms and conditions and maintaining your own work.
Abbott Katz has instructed Excel at numerous corporate and university venues, on both sides of the Atlantic - and both sides of the Channel. A native New Yorker with a doctorate in sociology, Abbott has written two books on Excel (Apress), authored the www.spreadsheetjournalism.com blog, and designs spreadsheets in a consultative capacity. He offered a 5-session, Excel-driven Data Stories workshop last year at the Sciences Po University in Paris (in English!), and his work with the application has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Freakonomics blog, and the spreadsheet expert Chandoo.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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