1. DAY 7: SPRING 2016 EXCEL Rahul Kavi Rahul.Kavi@mail.wvu.edu February 2, 2016 1

2. MYITLAB Answer 190/200+ questions right to score maximum of 250 points (entire of MyITLab is 250 points). Its okay to skip a question if you don’t get the answer right (even after looking at the training). You can look at your scores (on how many you got right) in MyITLab immediately. 2

3. ASSIGNMENT DUES AssignmentDue MyITLab Lesson AMonday 02/01 (past due date). Late penalty 50% Homework # 1Friday 02/05 (this weekend) Homework #2 Friday February 12, 2016 (next weekend). 3

4. HOMEWORK 1 TIPS Read and understand instructions. Look at sample solution (pdf file) for homework 1. Compare your solution to the same sample solution provided. 4

5. HOMEWORK 1 TIPS Take help (advice) from instructors if you are stuck on a question. IMPORTANT: Look at sample homework video (if you can do this, you should be able do your homework). IMPORTANT: Go to Open Lab early (avoid Fridays). 5

6. HOMEWORK 1 TIPS Analysis Questions: Carry 20% of the grade. Questions based on the given data (will test how well you understand given data). Write descriptive answers to the given questions. Instructors won’t help you on this. Description on question. 6

7. LAST CLASS If function. Rank.EQ function. Randbetween function. Min, Max, Average functions. Formatting data as currency, numbers, etc. Inserting tables and Table options (total row, first column, last column). 7

8. TODAY Charts. Spark-lines. Trend-lines. 8

9. INSERTING CHARTS Select data, including headers (using mouse). Go to insert tab. Select appropriate chart in the charts section (e.g. Scatter Charts, Clustered Column charts). Click on the chart, insert title, etc. using chart element option (available on top right hand corner of the chart). 9

10. CLUSTERED COLUMN CHARTS One of the most commonly used charts in Excel. Features: –Axis titles. –Chart titles. –Legend. –Data labels. 10

11. SCATTER CHARTS One of the most commonly used charts in Excel. Visualize the data as collection of points Features (similar features compared to clustered column chart). 11

12. SPARKLINES Mini charts (that can fit inside a Excel Cell). Go to insert tab and select column/line spark line. Select the data for which you want to create the spark-line and where you want to put your spark-line. 12

13. SPARKLINES 13 Line type Sparkline Column type Sparkline

14. SPARKLINES Range (min value and max value on a chart) isn’t the same normally across the given data. (range values aren’t normalized). See sparkline figure (prev slide). You have to make it same. Select your sparklines, go sparkline tools, go to axis, select “same for all sparklines” in vertical min and max options. 14

15. TRENDLINES For charts, we can insert trendlines to predict the future (or estimate how it may have been in the past) based on given data. 15

16. TRENDLINE PREDICTING FUTURE 16

17. TRENDLINES Future: use the “Forward” option. Set this number to get future predictions in unit time. Past: use the “Backward” option. Set this number to get past predictions in unit time. 17

18. HOW TO SELECT TRENDLINES Display R-squared values on Trendlines. This will tell how good the future/past prediction fits the given data well. Greater the R-squared value, better the fit. Don’t choose “Moving Average” trendline. 18

19. DOWNLOAD TODAY’S FILES Download today’s classwork. Finish given instructions. 19

20. Log off your computer