Data Science - Summarising data in Excel

Free lesson resources for teaching Data Science NPA (National Progress Award) Levels 4,5 and 6.

This lesson covers how to summarise datasets in Excel, specifically,

• calculate the total, count, min/max and average of rows data
• group rows of data based on logical criteria
• perform calculations on grouped data

Lesson content,

A PowerPoint/PDF presentation, ‘Summarising datasets in Excel’
Excel Question workbook on ‘Summarising datasets in Excel’ (for learners)
Excel Answers workbook on ‘Summarising datasets in Excel’ (for teachers)
Planning document with learning intentions and success criteria

For more information on the Data Science NPA, please see teachdata.science

This lesson has been created by effini in partnership with Data Education in Schools, The Data Lab and Data Skills for Work, with funding from the Scottish Government.

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