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    Sum not summing

    I've attached the file in question. It is the results from a survey and I converted the results of some of the questions from a Likert scale to variables. The column "Post Test" at the bottom (I colored it red) is supposed to sum up all the scores, but it only sums some of them. No rhyme or reason that I can find for which ones it adds. All cells have been formatted to "numbers", so that isn't the issue.
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    Re: Sum not summing

    Remove the quote marks you have around the 5 in the formulas in S21 to AT32

    =IF(S3="Disagree",1,IF(S3="Neutral",2,IF(S3="Agree",3,IF(S3="Strongly disagree",0,"5"))))

    "5" is NOT a number, it's a TEXT string, therefore it is not summed.
    change that to just 5

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    Re: Sum not summing

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonmo1 View Post
    Remove the quote marks you have around the 5 in the formulas in S21 to AT32

    =IF(S3="Disagree",1,IF(S3="Neutral",2,IF(S3="Agree",3,IF(S3="Strongly disagree",0,"5"))))

    "5" is NOT a number, it's a TEXT string, therefore it is not summed.
    change that to just 5
    That was it. Thanks!

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    Re: Sum not summing

    You're welcome.

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    Re: Sum not summing

    Use VLookup to find the values. (see the bleu cells for the VLookup table).

    The formula are in the green cells (vlookup).

    After that you can sum the data.

    See the attached file.
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