COMPUTER BASED SKILLS II

Paper Code: 
BCP-416
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:

CO 152: Apply the different MS-excel functions on the tabular data.

CO 153: Use what-if-analysis tools and filter data using lookup functions

CO 154: Design charts to visualize and analyse the data

CO 155: Visualize data using Tableau

CO 156: Apply filters and views while studying different dimensions on data.

 

Class lectures

Tutorials

Group discussions and Practical implementation

Quiz, Presentations, Semester End Examination

 

6.00

• Mathematical and statistical Functions in spread sheet (SUM, COUNT, MAX, MIN, IF, COUNTIF, CEILING, FLOOR, TRUNC, ABS, FACT, INT, LOG, MOD, POWER, ROUND, EXP), logical functions (IF, AND, OR), Date & Time functions (NOW, DATE, TIME, DAY, MONTH, YEAR, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND).

6.00

• Financial Functions (PV, NPV, IPR, Rate, FV, PMT, NPER), VLOOKUP, Lookup. What if analysis (Data tables, Scenario, Goal seeks, Sub-total, Pivot Table), Macros

6.00

• Plotting line graph, bar graph, pie chart, histogram, scatter plot based on the given data. Descriptive Statistics (mean, median, mode, standard deviation, sample variance, Range).

6.00

• Data Visualisation using Tableau (Desktop/cloud version): Getting started, connecting your data, workspace area (adding dimensions. hierarchies, data pane, views, sheets)

6.00

• Building dashboards, filtering data, creating and formatting maps, building area charts, text tables, bar charts.

Essential Readings: 

• Mastering Word 2000 – Mansfield &Olsen
• Mastering Excel 2000 – Martin, Hansen, Klingher& Beth
• Mastering Power Point 2000 – Murray

References: 

• Dr. Leena Bhatia & Dr. Bindu Jain, Elementary Computer Application
• ShubhiLall, Elementary Computer Application
• Mastering DOS – Robbins
• Mastering Windows 98 – Robert & Cowart

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