Business Statistics with Excel (CPE Course)

CPE Credit: 2 hours

Course Type: Downloaded PDF materials with online test

Price (with PDF Textbook): $25


Course Description
Statistics can be used in business to support better decision-making. In the Business Statistics with Excel course, we focus on simple statistical analyses that can be conducted with Microsoft Excel, and show the situations in which these analyses can be used. The topics covered include data sampling, covariance and correlation, regression analysis, probability theory, nonprobability sampling, the confidence interval, and sales forecasting.


Author: Steven Bragg

Course Number: ST0001

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the components needed for a statistical analysis.

  • Specify the characteristics of the various charts used to describe data.

  • Identify the characteristics of the coefficient of variation.

  • Specify the characteristics of a binomial distribution.

  • Identify the characteristics of a confidence interval, and describe how it is calculated.

  • Recall how to calculate the different types of forecast options in Excel.

  • Specify components of an Excel regression analysis report.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Statistics

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: A working knowledge of Excel

Latest Review Date: June 2023

Program Registration Requirements: Click on "Purchase Course" near the top of this page to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.

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AccountingTools, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.


AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.