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Mean, median and mode

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    Mean, median and mode

    Is there a good/easy formula to use when trying to find the mean, median and mode for a column? If so, can someone post it? I'd like to make it as easy as possible (obviously!).

    Thanks

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    Hello Brandon,

    Excel contains the following formulas to do this. This example is for column "A".
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    mean is average mean from statistical functions so for column c
    =AVERAGE(C:C)
    oh there was i looking them up and lr beat me to it again

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    Works like a charm! Thanks a million!

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    OK, so it worked REALLY well but of course a twist is now thrown into the mix.

    Suppose my numbers are in column L. If the report is marked as unsigned it will have a U in column K and L will read as -38,000 or other very high number. This number skews my data.

    Is there a if/then statement I can add to the =AVERAGE to say if column K = U then do not add this data into the average?

    Thanks

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    You can use an "array formula" like this

    =IF(K2:K100<>"U",IF(L2:L100,L2:L100)))

    needs to be confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

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    That doesn't seem to be doing the trick. In line 46808 I put this in:

    =IF(M2:M46807<>"U",IF(N2:N46807,N2:N46807))

    N is the column with the number of days. Column M has the status (signed, unsigned, incomplete). I just want the signed documents to be averaged. I guess I could sort them by letter and just do the math but automation would be a lot more cool

    Thanks!

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