Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel : The Discount Data Visualizer

Brianna Dym

Microsoft Excel can quickly sort, filter, and display simple visualizations of data that is already clean and organized in a tsv, csv, txt, or xls file of some type. Data with lots of rows and columns that you cannot easily grasp the meaning of can be quickly displayed in an impressive visualization of the dataset's descriptive stats.

Acquisition

CU Boulder students get Office 365 (and Excel) for free! To set up, visit the OIT page for installation.

How to use

The options for what you can do with a well-organized dataset in Excel are nearly limitless. There are also tons and tons of tutorials online that answer any out-there question you might have about functionality. A quick google will usually lead you to an informative YouTube video outlining your problem. For some general tips about what you should and should not do with Excel, see these slides. You can also search Microsoft's help page on any number of topics you might have questions on. They also develop short tutorials!

Further Readings

This YouTube tutorial is entertaining, because it's actually done by someone in entertainment, and is also informative: Check it out now!