Data Analysis in Google Sheets

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54 Tutorials

About this topic
These videos deal with formulas and functions you may encounter a lot. Or ones you may never have seen before.

You’re a gold rusher, heading for the hills. You got your pickaxe and bucket. With these fantastic functions you can make sure to get the right gold, at the right time.

Data Analysis in Google Sheets takes all shapes and sizes. What we'll focus on is getting you skilled up with formulas, formula combinations, and advanced statistical analysis that at times can feel like a slog.

We'll turn your counting, summing, averaging, into a single formula. You will feel like a powerful wizard.

You'll be able to calculate complex data in a matter of moments.
You'll be able to turn your data from a mess into a story.
And when you encounter errors, you'll be able to wiggle your way out of the situation with ease.

Overwhelming No More
Google Sheets is a powerful tool for data analysis, but it can be overwhelming for beginners. However, with the right formulas and functions, you can easily transform raw data into meaningful insights. Here are some of the key benefits of using formulas and functions to do your data analysis in Google Sheets:

Save time: By using formulas and functions, you can perform complex calculations and manipulations on large datasets in just a few clicks.

Accuracy: Manual data manipulation can lead to errors, but formulas and functions eliminate the risk of mistakes and ensure accuracy.

Visualization: By using formulas and functions to analyze your data, you can turn it into charts and graphs that make it easier to interpret and communicate your findings.

Check for Errors
While we might think some of us are superhuman, we are really all human. Errors happen. But when errors happen we don't want to fall apart. We want to make sure of the veracity of our data, and we want to make sure that errors don't stop us.

Understanding errors and handling errors in our data analysis makes our day to day jobs so much easier. You'll be flying through, under, and over errors while your coworkers are copy/pasting/retyping their errors into Google and asking ChatGPT "what does this mean?"

Better Sheets members are able to run circles around ChatGPT'ers.

Forget About Frustrations
Upskilling yourself in statistics and data analysis, along with being able to handle formulas and errors, will lead to much less frustration inside the sheets.

You might even bring about WORLD PEACE!
I kid, I kid...

Let's start with making sure we can make progress bars, then you can make progress bars out of emojis, and even add responsive graphs to your sheets.

Specialized Tools for Special Situations.
Don't forget about the SWITCH formula. this is a great extra special tool along with IF() and IFS()

Learn all about especially useful tools, when the situation calls for them.

Tutorials

Create a Summary Tab with Min and Max

Create a Summary Tab with Min and Max

Free tutorial for finding Minimum and Maximum data points.
INDEX() MAX() MIN()
How to Validate Email Addresses

How to Validate Email Addresses

 I will show you how to validate email addresses using the Mailboxlayer ...
How to Replace Text with a Blank Cell in Google Sheets

How to Replace Text with a Blank Cell in Google Sheets

Learn the Quick Fix! Replace Text with Blank Cell in Google Sheets Hassl...
You Should Know The Limitations of Data Validation

You Should Know The Limitations of Data Validation

You should know the difference between Data Validation and Data Veracity...
Turn Bland Sheets Into Glam Sheets!

Turn Bland Sheets Into Glam Sheets!

A few tips to make your Google Sheets look better.
Easily Write 1,000 Headlines

Easily Write 1,000 Headlines

Showing you how to use the new Spintax add-on to write 1,000 headlines f...
Equal, Equal, Not Equal, Not Equal - How to Tell if Two Cells are the Same or Not The Same

Equal, Equal, Not Equal, Not Equal - How to Tell if Two Cells are the Same or Not The Same

Discover 4 easy ways to check if 2 cells in Excel are equal or not! Whet...
EQ() NE()
Weight Loss Tracker Template

Weight Loss Tracker Template

I created a weight loss tracker template for myself and thought you, and...
REGEXMATCH Formula Generator for Google Sheets

REGEXMATCH Formula Generator for Google Sheets

Revolutionize the way you handle data with the BetterSheets REGEXMATCHER...
IF() REGEXMATCH()
Learn Google Sheet Formulas The Hard Way

Learn Google Sheet Formulas The Hard Way

One weird way to learn more about what Google Sheets can do. https://bet...
How to Merge Cells in Google Sheets

How to Merge Cells in Google Sheets

A master class on merging cells. How to merge two cells. How to merge mu...
CONCATENATE() JOIN()
Count Domains In a List of Emails - Part 2

Count Domains In a List of Emails - Part 2

Part two. Count domains of emails you get. List of emails and get which ...
3 Ways to Count in Google Sheets

3 Ways to Count in Google Sheets

The video explains three ways to count cells or information in Google Sh...
COUNTA() COUNTIF()
Twitter Sort Tool

Twitter Sort Tool

I'll show you how I created a Twitter tool sort to organize my list of e...
LEN() SORT()
How to Use AND(), OR() in IF() in Google Sheets For Multiple Criteria

How to Use AND(), OR() in IF() in Google Sheets For Multiple Criteria

One of the most simplest and useful formula combinations is using and an...
200 REGEXMATCH Examples in Google Sheets

200 REGEXMATCH Examples in Google Sheets

Uncover the Magic of Regex Match! 🎩✨ Explore 200+ Examples at BetterShee...
IF() REGEXEXTRACT() REGEXMATCH()
Find Column with Header to Bullet Proof your Vlookup

Find Column with Header to Bullet Proof your Vlookup

Make your VLOOKUP formulas flexible and your data move-able with this tr...
HLOOKUP() MATCH() VLOOKUP()
What is this Ampersand Doing in Google Sheets?

What is this Ampersand Doing in Google Sheets?

What is "&" doing in this formula? MONTH(A1&1) Do you know why this is s...
CONCAT() DATE() MONTH() VALUE()
Count How Many Subscribers In a Company by BetterSheets.co

Count How Many Subscribers In a Company by BetterSheets.co

I download it from MailChimp and then I try to figure out which companie...
ARRAYFORMULA() COUNTIF() LOWER() SORT() SPLIT() +1 more
Count Domains In a List of Emails - Part 1

Count Domains In a List of Emails - Part 1

I'm gonna talk about how to take a list of emails and figure out which d...
Member Asks: How do I calculate from a set of Form entries?

Member Asks: How do I calculate from a set of Form entries?

Use arrayformula to deal with Google form entries on a sheet. Even as th...
ARRAYFORMULA()
Count Unique Attendees For Each Event

Count Unique Attendees For Each Event

Find out how many people attended each event even if they are double cou...
COUNTUNIQUE() FILTER() SUM() UNIQUE()
Allow Multiple Selections is in Google Sheets Yay!

Allow Multiple Selections is in Google Sheets Yay!

Now you can select multiple options in a dropdown. Hip Hip Hooray!
FILTER() IFNA() JOIN() SEARCH() SPLIT() +1 more
User Filter a Google Sheet Database based on Dates, Checkboxes, Dropdown!

User Filter a Google Sheet Database based on Dates, Checkboxes, Dropdown!

Search through and filter data to get what you want, when you want it. T...
FILTER() IF()
Kristy Asks How to Get Percentages from Scores

Kristy Asks How to Get Percentages from Scores

How to figure out a percentage score when our reporting numbers are a fo...
ARRAYFORMULA() IF() INDEX() ISBLANK() LEFT() +3 more
Figuring out the 80/20 Rule with a Running Sum Total

Figuring out the 80/20 Rule with a Running Sum Total

I figured out that 20% of my videos are getting 80% of the watch time on...
SUM()
Create a Course Outline in Google Sheets

Create a Course Outline in Google Sheets

Wanted to share with members this course outline I am using for my own c...
CONCAT() CONCATENATE() COUNTA() COUNTIF() IF() +4 more
Figure Out Frequency

Figure Out Frequency

Fid out how to get the frequency of ProductIds, or Names, or Emails. or ...
Use Row() For Math You Need to Iterate

Use Row() For Math You Need to Iterate

Create easy to use math iterators with the ROW() formula. It tells you t...
ROW()
Find The Most Common Word(s)

Find The Most Common Word(s)

Find out which words in your sheet are the most common. Highest count of...
Highlight Row as You Move Your Cell Selection

Highlight Row as You Move Your Cell Selection

Checking data? This script changes bg color of entire row as you move yo...
How Does Split Work?

How Does Split Work?

We go deep into the syntax and usage of the SPLIT() formula.
SPLIT()
Add Character Count and Character Limit

Add Character Count and Character Limit

I'm gonna show you how to make a character counter and then account char...
LEN()
How To Filter Dates (They Are Numbers Too!)

How To Filter Dates (They Are Numbers Too!)

Dates are numbers so you can filter them with greater than and less than.
FILTER() IFERROR()
Ian Asks: How to sort dates by year/month (can't do with filter)

Ian Asks: How to sort dates by year/month (can't do with filter)

In Excel you actually have these options of sorting by year, by month, b...
OpenSea Data Inside Sheets

OpenSea Data Inside Sheets

Get floor prices into your spreadsheet with URLFETCHAPP. Accessing OpenS...
Hardest Formula: SumIF | Addition Based on Dates / Values

Hardest Formula: SumIF | Addition Based on Dates / Values

Demystifying the SumIF Formula. Add up your values based on a condition,...
SUMIF() UNIQUE()
Countdown Blank Row

Countdown Blank Row

Great for counting writing sessions, or tweets you're writing.
CONCATENATE() COUNTA()
Create an Auto-Update Sales Chart: Trailing 12 Months

Create an Auto-Update Sales Chart: Trailing 12 Months

how to create an auto-updating sales chart that displays the trailing 12...
COUNTA() IF() INDEX() ISBLANK() SUM()
3 More Ways to Count in Google Sheets

3 More Ways to Count in Google Sheets

Learn how to use CountBlank() and more counting formulas.
COUNTBLANK() COUNTIFS() COUNTUNIQUE()
How to Use AND() and OR() in IF() in Google Sheets For Multiple Criteria

How to Use AND() and OR() in IF() in Google Sheets For Multiple Criteria

One of the most simplest and useful formula combinations is using and an...
AND() IF() OR()
Capitalize Each Word

Capitalize Each Word

Every word can be capitalized with this formula.
LOWER() PROPER() UPPER()
Ben Asks: How Do I Add 1 Month?

Ben Asks: How Do I Add 1 Month?

Member Ben asks how to add 1 month to a date.
CONCATENATE() EDATE() TEXT() TODAY()
Use Min and Max for More Average Averages

Use Min and Max for More Average Averages

What happens very often is we want to figure out an average averages, he...
AVERAGE() MAX() MEDIAN() MIN()
Switch Data

Switch Data

We're going through the switch formula because in the past if I've ever ...
SWITCH() VLOOKUP()
Add Cool Responsive Graphs to Your Stock Tracking Sheets

Add Cool Responsive Graphs to Your Stock Tracking Sheets

Create little graphs with SPARKLINE() super easy!
GOOGLEFINANCE() INDEX() SPARKLINE() TODAY()
World Peace in Google Sheets

World Peace in Google Sheets

Combining GoogleTranslate() and DetectLanguage() to figure out what a la...
DETECTLANGUAGE() GOOGLETRANSLATE() VLOOKUP()
Add a Word Count to Google Sheets

Add a Word Count to Google Sheets

Count your words inside a sheet. Great for ad writing, novel writing, or...
COUNTA() IF() ISBLANK() SPLIT()
How Can I Compare Two Tabs for Differences?

How Can I Compare Two Tabs for Differences?

So in this video we're going to compare two tabs and differences. Basica...
COLUMN() IF() INDEX() INDIRECT() ROW()
Most Common Errors and How To Handle Them in Google Sheets

Most Common Errors and How To Handle Them in Google Sheets

Today we're gonna talk about errors in Google Sheets and how you can fix...
CONCATENATE() VLOOKUP()
Build a Domain Grader

Build a Domain Grader

Create a way to grade the quality of a domain based on many different vo...
ARRAYFORMULA() CONCAT() COUNTA() COUNTIF() LEN() +1 more
How To Track Crypto Prices

How To Track Crypto Prices

Get crypto prices into a Google Sheet.
GOOGLEFINANCE()
5 Ways to use IF() Formula to Create Magic in Your Sheets

5 Ways to use IF() Formula to Create Magic in Your Sheets

We're going to create some magic here. Some if magic, sprinkle a little ...
AND() IF() IFS() ISBLANK() OR() +1 more
Create a Progress Bar - Make Progress Bars with Sparkline: Part 1

Create a Progress Bar - Make Progress Bars with Sparkline: Part 1

Let's make a progress bar in Google Sheets.
SPARKLINE()