LESSON 4

Advanced Spreadsheet
Skills
• Commonly used Microsoft Excel functions
• Conditional functions
• Use of Microsoft Excel in market research
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

1. familiarize with the most commonly used functions in

Microsoft Excel;
2. use several conditional functions available in Microsoft
Excel; and
3. use Microsoft Excel as a viable tool in market research
and product development.
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. Microsoft Excel
includes several arithmetic and basic
functions that help you compute faster.
 Basic Excel Formulas:
Addition (+)
Subtraction (-)
Multiplication (*)
Division (/)

*type <=> before the formula, thus:

=a1+a2 <then, hit the ENTER key>
• Average – a function used to compute for the
average of the number of a range.
• COUNTIF – a function used to count the cells with a
specified content within a range.
• SUMIF – a function used to compute for the
summation of a range if a certain condition is met
• AVERAGEIF – a function used to compute for the
average of a range if a certain condition is met