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Introduction to Spreadsheets and Models

Business and Financial Modeling,

The simple spreadsheet is one of the most powerful data analysis tools that exists, and it’s available to almost anyone. Major corporations and small businesses alike use spreadsheet models to determine where key measures of their success are now, and where they are likely to be in the future. But in order to get the most out of a spreadsheet, you have the know-how to use it. This course is designed to give you an introduction to basic spreadsheet tools and formulas so that you can begin harness the power of spreadsheets to map the data you have now and to predict the data you may have in the future. Through short, easy-to-follow demonstrations, you’ll learn how to use Excel or Sheets so that you can begin to build models and decision trees in future courses in this Specialization. Basic familiarity with, and access to, Excel or Sheets is required.
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Rating 3.6 based on 408 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $99
From University of Pennsylvania via Coursera
Instructor Don Huesman
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Language English
Subjects Data Science Business
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Could have had more explanations on Monte Carlo The Wharton School and Penn by extension has taken such tremendous effort to put together a great on-line offering.

Course provides a good understanding of Regression and Monte Carlo along with Linear programming and Optimization.

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The final portion of this course (Monte Carlo simulations) was the most interesting part, as it got into the more statistical functions and the Solver applications.

Few tools on Xls has been shown.More extensive and complex problem are required on use of Monte Carlo method It's a good course, with quite a bit for a newbie to learn.

I expected a lot under Monte Carlo Simulation.

Mistakes throughout the course - one example was a miscalculated mean during the Monte Carlo Simulation.

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Bit of a large step between very simple weeks 1 and 2 and more complex weeks 3 and 4 but mostly easy to follow This course felt like a waste of time.

Pretty useful, it had everything I expected.Further readings could be added about more complex models in terms of regression.

German English Exec translation is a bit anoying - bit worried how that will work in more complex courses...

I was very intrigued by the fact how this software provides functionality into building business decision-making models, without necessarily having to resort to much more complex statistical packages such as Stata.

Maybe you can see more examples of more complex models, just to open the minds of the participants to the possibilities in real-life work.

I would have appreciates if the course has taken more complex and real-world applications and models so that the utility of the subject can be much more appreciated.

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The team of instructors and TD's may be masters of their material but they lack the ability to create a meaningful and endorsable learning experience.

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It was a waste of time, i didn't learn anything Concise yet not short.Simple yet not easy.I recommend it even if you have been using Excel for a long time.

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I would not recommend it to anyone, especially at the cost of $95.

In any case, I found it very useful and I recommend it to my colleagues.

I wouldn't recommend it for those already skilled in Excel, but it is a very good course for those starting to use excel for modeling.

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Rating 3.6 based on 408 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $99
From University of Pennsylvania via Coursera
Instructor Don Huesman
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Data Science Business
Tags Data Science Data Analysis Business Business Essentials

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