The interquartile mean is a measure of central tendency. While all values in a data set are used to calculate the mean, only the interquartile range -- the central portion of a data set -- is used to ...

Calculating data fluctuations-- also called variance -- is a multi-step process that requires total accuracy. Excel 2010 provides two basic formulas for calculating fluctuations, depending on whether ...

In your school life, you have learned about average and the method to calculate it. The formula to calculate the average is very simple. You just have to add all the values in the given data and ...

The SUMIFS function works in a similar way with text as with numbers, but there are two key differences. First, text in Excel ...

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To calculate the Consumer Price Index between two years in Excel, take a sum of all the amounts spent on the basket of products over those two years. Then use the following formula to find the CPI ...

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Have you ever found yourself wrestling with Excel formulas, trying to calculate moving averages or rolling totals, only to end up frustrated by the constant need for manual adjustments? You’re not ...

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Finding the exact difference between two dates in Excel may not be the most used feature, but it can be a lot of fun. A classic example is working out someone’s age. It’s not as complicated as it ...