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Advanced Excel - Assignment 3

The document outlines a series of advanced Excel assignments focused on analyzing H1B visa data. It includes step-by-step solutions for identifying top occupations, companies hiring data scientists, average salaries, denial rates by state, top industries, and the impact of application months on denial rates. Each task involves creating and manipulating pivot tables to extract relevant insights from the data.

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Advanced Excel - Assignment 3

The document outlines a series of advanced Excel assignments focused on analyzing H1B visa data. It includes step-by-step solutions for identifying top occupations, companies hiring data scientists, average salaries, denial rates by state, top industries, and the impact of application months on denial rates. Each task involves creating and manipulating pivot tables to extract relevant insights from the data.

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Advanced Excel - Assignment 3

1. What are the top 10 occupations for H1B visas with certified status?
Solution: Steps:

1. Insert Pivot table


2. Drag “Job Titles” in Rows, Case Status in Filter, and job title in values as “count of job title”.
3. From the Filter dropdown, select “certified”.
4. From the row labels, apply “Value filter” and apply “top 10”.
5. Do sorting in descending order for “count of job title”.

2. Which company hires more data scientists?

Solution: Steps: Answer: Microsoft Corporation

1. Insert Pivot table


2. Drag “Employer_name” in Rows, Job Titles in Filter, and job title in values as “count of job title”.
3. From the Filter dropdown, select “data Scientist”.
4. Do sorting in descending order for “count of job title”.

3. What is the average salary for data scientists?


Solution: Steps: Answer: Average Salary: 97913.85
1. Insert Pivot table
2. Drag “Job Titles” in Rows, and Prevailing wages in values as “Average of prevailing Wages”.
3. From the row labels, apply “Search filter” and put “Data Scientist”.

4. Which state has the higher deny proportionally to application?


Solution:

Steps:

1. First, insert a new column in the main sheet “H-1B disclosure data” as “denied_count” using the
formula “=IF(B2="Denied", 1, 0)”.
2. Insert Pivot table
3. Drag “EMPLOYER_STATE” in Rows, Drag “denied_count” in values as “sum of denied_count”,
and also drag “case_status” in value as “count of case_status”.
4. Go to the “pivot table analyze tab” and click on “fields, items, & Sets”. Click on “calculated field”.
5. Insert “Denied Rate” and calculate as (sum of denied_count/ count of case_status).
6. Got the “denied Rate” in percent.
7. Now in any cell, use the formula =MAX(D3:D62) to find the maximum denied rate.
8. Use the INDEX and MATCH functions to find the state. =INDEX(A3:D62,MATCH(I10,A4:E62,0))
5. What industries are in the top 5 percentile of applications?

Solution:

Steps:

1. Insert the Pivot table in a new sheet.


2. Drag “NAICS Title” in Rows, and Drag “CASE_STATUS” in values as “count of CASE_STATUS”.
3. Click on the dropdown on the “count of CASE_STATUS”  Click on “value field setting” and click
on “show value as”.
4. Select the value as “% of column total”.
5. Sort the data in descending order by “count of CASE_STATUS”.
6. We will get TOP 5% of the industries.
6. Does the month of the application play any role in to denied process? What about decision
dates?
Solution: We could analyze that the
In the months of SEP, OCT, NOV, and DEC, the denial of application takes place. With the highest
count of deny in the month of November.
Similarly, for the decision date, the decision of denial of an application takes place in the month of
OCT, NOV, and DEC.

Steps:

1. Insert the Pivot table in a new sheet.


2. Drag “Case submitted” in columns, and Drag “CASE_STATUS” and both Rows as well in values as
“count of CASE_STATUS”.
3. Go to the “pivot table analyze tab” and click on Group selection and Group by “Months”.
4. Highlight the count of denied applications.

Similarly, for the Decision Date:

1. Insert the Pivot table in a new sheet.


2. Drag “Decision Date” in columns, and Drag “CASE_STATUS” and both Rows as well in values
as “count of CASE_STATUS”.
3. Go to the “pivot table analyze tab” and click on Group selection and Group by “Months”.
4. Highlight the count of denied applications.

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