Excel: What is AVERAGEIFS function and How to use AVERAGEIFS function in excel
Excel: What is AVERAGEIFS function and How to use AVERAGEIFS function in excel #excel #exceltricks #exceltutorial
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#AVERAGEIFS #function
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Formula syntax and usage of the AVERAGEIFS function in #microsoftexcel #Excel.
Description
Returns the #average (#arithmetic_mean #mean) of all cells that meet multiple criteria.
Using the syntax AVERAGEIFS(average_range, criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2],...)
The following arguments make up the syntax of the AVERAGEIFS function:
Average_range Required. A cell or cells to average, with or without names, arrays, or pointers containing numeric values.
range_criteria_1, range_range_2,... The first criteria range must be met; all other criteria ranges are optional. Ranges from 1 to 127 are used to evaluate the corresponding criteria.
Indicators 1, 2,... The following conditions are optional; just criteria 1 must be met. 1 to 127 criteria that specify which cells will be averaged in the form of a number, expression, cell reference, or text. Criteria can be written as 32, "32", "32", "apples", or B4, for instance.
Remarks
AVERAGEIFS returns the #DIV0! error value if average_range is a text or blank value.
If a cell in a criteria range is empty, AVERAGEIFS treats it as a 0 value.
TRUE cells in the range evaluate to 1; FALSE cells in the range evaluate to 0 (zero).
Each cell in the average_range is only taken into account when all of the related criteria are satisfied.
In AVERAGEIFS, each criteria_range must be the same size and shape as sum_range, in contrast to the range and criteria arguments of the AVERAGEIF function.
The #DIV0! error value is returned by AVERAGEIFS if the average_range's cells cannot be converted into numbers.
If there are no cells that meet all the criteria, AVERAGEIFS returns the #DIV/0! error value.
You can use the wildcard characters, question mark (?) and asterisk (*), in criteria. A question mark matches any single character; an asterisk matches any sequence of characters. If you want to find an actual question mark or asterisk, type a tilde (~) before the character.
Note: The AVERAGEIFS function measures central tendency, which is the location of the center of a group of numbers in a #statisticaldistribution. The three most common measures of central tendency are:
Average which is the arithmetic mean, and is calculated by adding a group of numbers and then dividing by the count of those numbers. For example, the average of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, and 10 is 30 divided by 6, which is 5.
Median which is the middle number of a group of numbers; that is, half the numbers have values that are greater than the median, and half the numbers have values that are less than the median. For example, the median of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, and 10 is 4.
Mode which is the most frequently occurring number in a group of numbers. For example, the mode of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, and 10 is 3.
For a symmetrical distribution of a group of numbers, these three measures of central tendency are all the same. For a skewed distribution of a group of numbers, they can be different.