Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel: Essentials
Macquarie University · View on Coursera ↗
Taught by Assoc Prof Prashan S. M. Karunaratne
Data Science
About the course
Data drives decisions in every field — business, health, science, sports, and beyond. This course gives you the statistical tools to make sense of data, spot patterns, and present findings that inform real-world decisions. You'll work through both branches of statistics in a structured, practical sequence. Descriptive statistics help you summarise and describe data — covering measures of centredness like mean, median, and mode, and measures of spread including variance, standard deviation, and
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