EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES LESSON 4

LESSON 4: ADVANCED SPREADSHEET SKILLS

Microsoft Excel
• Provides an automated way of displaying any statistical data.
• It can be used to automatically compute for several factors that are not easy to notice especially when faced
by a large data.
• It includes several arithmetic and basic functions that help you compute faster.

FUNCTIONS
1. SUM – a function used to compute for the summation of the number of a range
• Syntax: = SUM (range)
• Example: =SUM(J5:J19)
2. AVERAGE - a function used to compute for the average of the number of a range
• Syntax: = AVERAGE(range)
• Example: =AVERGAE(J5:J19)
3. COUNT – a function used to count the cells with content range
• Syntax: = COUNT (range)
• Example: =COUNT(J5:J19)
4. SUMIF – a function used to compute for the summation of a range if a certain condition is met
• Syntax: = SUMIF(range, criteria, sum range)
• Range – the range if cells where you want to look for the criteria
• Criteria – a value or label that determines if a cell is part of the range to be averaged
• sum range(optional) – the actual range of cells that will be summed, if omitted the ranged will be used
instead
• Example: =SUMIF(J5:J19,”FEMALE”, I5:I19)
5. AVERAGEIF – a function used to compute for the average of a range if a certain condition is met
• Syntax: = AVERAGEIF(range, criteria, average range)
• Range – the range of cells where you want to look for the criteria
• Criteria – a value or label that determines if a cell is part of the range to be averaged
• Average range (optional)– the actual range of cells that will be averaged, if omitted the ranged will be
used instead
• Example: =AVERAGEIF(J5:J19,”GRADE11”, I5:I19)
6. COUNTIF – a function used to count the cells with a specified content within the range
• Syntax: = COUNTIF(range, criteria)
• Range – the cells where the counting will take place
• Criteria – a value or label that determines if it is to be counted
• Example: =COUNIF(J5:J19,”YES”)

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