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Part #1: Download and Work with the Data

Open the data in Excel and Explore the Data

Using excel on your location computer, apply what you learned in class to clean and aggregate

the data into more useful and meaningful information.

Tips: Excel is a very powerful tool that can be a bit overwhelming. For this assignment, make

use of column filters, SUM, AVERAGE, and SUBTOTALS functions.

1. In Excel, put your cursor focus on the first cell for the "Student List' table.

2. In the "Data" tab, click the "Filter" button.

3.

After clicking the "Filter" button, you should see the header row change to now contain

arrows to indicate dropdown filters.

Full Student List with Attendance and Midterm Grades

Student (Last Name, First Nam Attendan Mid Term Gra

Lee, Eli

24

Brown, Jaxon

Young, Kimiko

n.a

26

13

14.2

13.7

Late Submissi

The syntax for the SUBTOTAL function in Excel is-

By using the dropdown filters, you can gain more insight into the data by isolating a single

collection of data.

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4) To find the Average Attendance for a specific section, first add a SUBTOTAL row to the

bottom of the table.

SUBTOTAL(function_num,ref1,ref2,...)

The sub functions that can be performed by declaring the "function_num" are as follows --

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