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Overview
This tutorial provides a basic introduction to Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet software program. Excel can be used for maintaining mailing lists, tracking and analyzing statistics, compiling survey results, and performing advanced mathematical calculations. Specifically participants will learn how to work with cells and worksheets for general purpose spreadsheet use.
Participants may want to work through the tutorial before opening the Excel Practice Workbook.
This tutorial provides a basic level introduction to Excel.
Modules Included in this Tutorial
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Enter and format data into Excel worksheets
- Enter basic functions, such as sums and averages
- Differentiate between relative and absolute cell values
- Create and modify graphs (charts)
- Set print options
Supported Competencies
Reference: Developed by The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice.
- Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Applies data collection processes, information technology applications, and computer systems storage/retrieval strategies
- Communication Skills
- Effectively presents accurate demographic, statistical, programmatic, and scientific information for professional and lay audiences
Credits
Available online courtesy of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
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