Excel Fu: Excel for Researchers at University of Canberra

Why do this course?

Data rarely comes in the form you require. Often it is messy. Sometimes it is incomplete. And sometimes there's too much of it. Frequently, it has errors. We'll use one of the most widespread data wrangling tools, Microsoft Excel, to import, sort, filter, copy, protect, transform, summarise, merge, and visualise research data.

While aimed at novice Excel users, most attendees will walk away with new tricks to work more efficiently with their research data.

You'll learn how to:

• Find, import and ‘clean up’ messy research data

• Organise, format and name your data in Excel

• Analyse your data (answer research questions)

• Manipulate your data (filtering, conditional formatting)

• Perform calculations on your data (max, min, average)

• Extract significant findings from your data (pivot tables)

• Manipulate your data (data conversion, dates and times)

• Create graphs and charts to visualise your data

The Intersect approach to training

At Intersect, we work closely with our member universities to develop and deliver training that targets the day-to-day software and technology problems that researchers face. We deliver hands-on courses in a relaxed setting with knowledgeable, helpful trainers who are themselves researchers and who know how researchers work.

Free to Researchers and HDR students at Intersect's member Universities

For more information about Intersect Training please visit http://www.intersect.org.au/training