Excel is a convenient go-to software that is both comprehensible and familiar, and a key part of Excel is how it can be used for ad hoc analysis. I love that and that's why I chose Thinkful.”Įxcel is a spreadsheet software. Her passion for teaching adult career-changers led Stephanie to become an instructor at Thinkful, where she loves the one-on-one aspect of the program and giving personalized instruction: “I was excited about the opportunity to jump into the bootcamp world because it is an adult learning space that addresses all learning types,” says Stephanie, “We support those who have test anxiety or have life situations that prevent them from turning in a homework assignment everyday. Stephanie also helped develop a statistics curriculum for the University of South Carolina!

Stephanie has plenty of real-world experience in data too, working as a Revenue and Data Science Analyst and as a consultant for a natural language processing company that focused on AI solutions. Stephanie received a BS in Math from the University of Denver and a Master’s in Statistics from the University of South Carolina. But how is Excel used in data analysis today and can it be learned at a bootcamp? Thinkful Data Analytics Instructor Stephanie Jones explains the pros and cons of using Excel for data analysis, the top Excel functions that every data analyst needs to know, and Stephanie’s favorite free resources (and datasets) to start learning Excel! Meet our Expert: Stephanie Jones Since 1987, Microsoft Excel has been used in virtually every office by employees with various job titles.

By Jess FeldmanLast Updated February 23, 2021

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