Intro to Excel
o Sample Spreadsheet #1: Demonstrate how you can do quick exploratory data
analysis
o Sample Spreadsheet #2: Demonstrate how you can make simple analytics,
trendlines, book keeping, etc.,
o Get to know each other—what are you interested in learning?
Are there any learning styles students prefer or want me to be aware of
Data structures
o Strings, currency, Boolean, date, integer, double
Direct/indirect cell access
Formatting/naming cells
Simple spreadsheet calculations
o Exploratory analysis: average, sum, max
o String: left, find
Importing/exporting data
o Csv
o Delimiters: tab, space, pipe
March 28:
Recap what we learned last time
Tabs
o Making references between worksheets
Sorting Data
o Strings
o Int, Float
o Filters
Common Functions
o Abs, sqrt, exp, log, multiply
Formulas
o Simple linear profit prediction
o Simple interest calculation
o Generate a simple normal distribution (if they know what it is)
o Match up your formula with built-in excel function (check your work)
April 9: M-Files
o Simple Control Loops
o Passing Parameters
o Global vs. local parameters
o Why would you want either
o Why you want to be careful
o Counter variable
o Temp variable
o For Loop
o We already saw this in linear search
o While Loop
o Try to rewrite some for loops as while loops
o Try to rewrite a search as a while loop
o If-else
o Case/switch statements