R for Excel Users

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Free Online Course: R for Excel Users provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. R for Excel Users is taught by Conrad Carlberg.

Overview
  • Update your data science skills by learning R. Learn how data analysis and statistics operations are run in Excel versus R and how to move data back and forth between each program.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • Exercise files
    1. Install R
    • Download and install R's base package
    2. Descriptive Statistics in Excel
    • Excel's data analysis add-in
    • Descriptive statistics in Excel
    3. Working between R and Excel
    • Install DescTools in R
    • Moving Data from an Excel List to an R Data Frame
    • Moving Data from an R Data Frame to an Excel List
    4. Introduction to DescTools
    • Control the numeric format of output in R
    • Basic descriptive statistics in DescTools
    5. DescTools Output
    • Run the Desc function on numeric variables
    • Run the Desc function on nominal variables
    6. Bivariate Analysis in R
    • Analyze one numeric variable by another in R
    • Analyze a numeric variable against a factor in R
    • Analyze one factor by another in R
    7. Bivariate Analysis in Excel
    • Analyze one numeric variable by another in Excel
    • Analyze a numeric variable against a factor in Excel
    • Analyze one factor by another in Excel
    Conclusion
    • Next Steps