Excel 2007 Advanced
AVERAGEIF A very common request is for a single function to conditionally average a range of numbers – a complement to SUMIF and COUNTIF. AVERAGEIF, allows users to easily average a range based on a specific criteria.
AVERAGEIF(Range, Criteria, [Average Range]) RANGE is one or more cells to average, including numbers or names, arrays, or references that contain numbers. CRITERIA is the criteria in the form of a number, expression, cell reference, or text that defines which cells are averaged. For example, criteria can be expressed as 32, "32", ">32", "apples", or B4.
AVERAGE_range is the actual set of cells to average. If omitted, RANGE is used. Here is an example that returns the average of B2:B5 where the corresponding value in column A is greater than 250,000:
=AVERAGEIF(A2:A5, “>250000”, B2:B5)
¾ To use AVERAGEIF function Mouse viii.
Click on the MORE FUNCTIONS button in the FORMULAS group on the FORMULAS ribbon and Click on STATISTICAL.
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Select AVERAGEIF from the displayed functions. A dialog will be displayed
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Click in RANGE text box
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Select the range of cells containing the .values you wish checked against the criteria.
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Click in the CRITERIA box, either, type criteria directly in the box or select a cell that contains the value you wish to check the range against
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Click in the AVERAGE_RANGE text box and select the range you wish to average..
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Click OK
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