Article ID: 108280
Article Last Modified on 10/16/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q108280
SUMMARY
For statistical purposes, you may want to calculate the average of a sample
excluding its highest and lowest values. In Microsoft Excel, you can create
the following formula to calculate an average after excluding the highest
and lowest values:
=(SUM(region)-MAX(region)-MIN(region))/(COUNT(region)-2)
NOTE: You must include the parentheses the way they appear in the above
formula so that the function is computed in the right order.
REFERENCES
"Visual Basic Language Reference," version 3.0, page 231
"Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, pages 50-51
Microsoft Excel 97 and Microsoft Excel 98
For more information about using custom functions, click the Index
tab/button in Microsoft Excel 97 Help or MS Excel Help, type the following
text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "About user-defined
functions" topic.
Microsoft Excel 7.0
For more information about using custom functions, click the Index tab in
Microsoft Excel 7.0 Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Writing a user-
defined worksheet function" topic.
Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Windows and Macintosh
For more information about using custom functions, click the Search button
in Help, and type:
Click the Show Topics button, select the topic "Overview of Creating a
User-Defined Function", and click Go To.
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