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Monday, June 6, 2016

HOW TO FIND POSITION OF DATA [SCORES] IN EXCEL

HOW TO FIND POSITION OF DATA [SCORES] IN EXCEL

Procedures and concepts to consider:

I.FIND THE AVERAGE OF SCORES
  • Have a data into cells [that are to be average calculated] Example [13 + 25 + 14] ÷ 3
=AVERAGE(13;25;14)
  • Identify the column name and row name
Example Columns [B, C and D] and Row [2] …....... Horizontal calculation
                         OR Column [B] and Rows [2,3,4 and 5] …........ Vertical calculation
  • Identify the range of data into cells [that are to be average calculated]
Example B2 to D2 (B2:D2)
  • Syntax: '' = AVERAGE(B2:D2) ''
  • Syntax: '' = AVERAGE(B2:B5) ''
II. FIND THE POSITION OF DATA [By Ranking from highest to smallest]
  • Identify the range of data [to be ranked] Example E2:E6 [In vertical]
                                                                  OR B7:D7 [In horizontal]
  • In writing syntax, we use one or more Dollar signs [$] in the cell reference to stop Excel from automatically adjusting the cell reference. These are called Absolute Cell References.
EXAMPLE
  • ''E2'' means that, the "E" will increment one letter for every cell that I move over to the right and will decrement one letter for every cell that I move over to the left. Then, the "2" will increment by one for every cell that I move down and will increment by one for every cell that I move down.
  • $E$2 This is an absolute cell reference. Means that, If we copy a formula with that cell reference, the cell reference will NOT change AT ALL.
  • $E2 means that, The "E" will stay the same when we copy the cell, but the "2" will change.
  • E$2 means that, The "E" will change when we copy the cell, but the "2" will stay the same.
Therefore;
  • Syntax: '' = RANK(E2;$E$2:$E$6)+COUNTIF($E$2:B2;B2)-1 '' ….....[In vertical]
  • Syntax: '' = RANK(B7;$B$7:$D$7)+COUNTIF($B$7:B7;B7)-1 '' ….....[In horizontal]

NOTE: In writing formula, use semi-colon [;] if you use OpenOffice otherwise use comma only [,] if you use Microsoft office

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