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MICROSOFT EXCEL
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Summary Numbers
One can also find the measures of central
tendencies (mean, median, mode),
measures of location (percentiles and
quartiles), and measures of variations
(variance and standard deviation) of sets of
data easily in Microsoft Excel.
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Finding the Mean
The average (or mean) is
the sum of the data
divided by the number of
data.
1. Enter the data in Excel.
2. On an unoccupied cell,
type in =average(.
3. Highlight the data you
want to derive the average
from.
4. Type ) and Enter to
close the operation.
5. Youre done!
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Finding the Median
The median is the
middle observation when
the data are sorted by
their value.
1. Enter the data in Excel.
2. On an unoccupied cell,
type in =median(.
3. Highlight the data you
want to derive the median
from.
4. Type ) and Enter to
close the operation.
5. Youre done!
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Finding the Mode
The mode of a data set is
the data value that occurs
most frequently in the set.
1. Enter the data in Excel.
2. On an unoccupied cell,
type in =mode(.
3. Highlight the data you
want to derive the mode
from.
4. Type ) and Enter to
close the operation.
5. Youre done!
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Finding the kth Percentile
The kth percentile of a data
set is the observation such
that k% of the data have
values lower than it.
1. Enter the data in Excel.
2. On an unoccupied cell,
type in =percentile(.
3. Highlight the data
desired.
4. Type a comma, then the
kth percentile (in the form
0.kk), ), and Enter to close
the operation.
5. Youre done!
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Finding the kth Quartile
Finding the kth quartile of
a data set is a little
different from doing the kth
percentile.
1. Enter the data in Excel.
2. On an unoccupied cell,
type in =quartile(.
3. Highlight the data
desired.
4. Type a comma, then the
kth quartile, ), and Enter
to close the operation.
5. Youre done!
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Finding the Variance
The variance of a data
set is the mean of the
squared deviations from
the average.
1. Enter the data in Excel.
2. On an unoccupied cell,
type in =var(.
3. Highlight the data you
want to derive the
variance from.
4. Type ) and Enter to
close the operation.
5. Youre done!
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Finding the Standard Deviation
The standard deviation is
the primary measure of
variance; its value is the
square root of the variance.
1. Enter the data in Excel.
2. On an unoccupied cell,
type in =stdev(.
3. Highlight the data you
want to derive the standard
deviation from.
4. Type ) and Enter to
close the operation.
5. Youre done!