Finding the Hateful

Enter the scores in one of the columns on the Excel spreadsheet (see the example below). Later the data accept been entered, place the cursor where you wish to accept the hateful (average) appear and click the mouse button. Select Insert Function (f ten ) from the FORMULAS tab. A dialog box will announced. Select AVERAGE from the Statistical category and click OK. (Notation: If you desire the Median, select MEDIAN. If you want the Mode, select Mode.SNGL. Excel only provides one mode. If a data set had more one fashion, Excel would just display one of them.)

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Enter the cell range for your listing of numbers in the Number one box. For case, if your information were in cavalcade A from row 1 to thirteen, you would enter A1:A13. Instead of typing the range, you can also move the cursor to the kickoff of the set of scores you wish to use and click and drag the cursor across them. In one case you have entered the range for your list, click on OK at the bottom of the dialog box. The mean (average) for the list will appear in the jail cell you lot selected.

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Finding the Standard Deviation

Place the cursor where you wish to have the standard deviation appear and click the mouse push.Select Insert Part (fx)from the FORMULAS tab. A dialog box volition appear.  Select STDEV.S (for a sample) from the the Statistical category. (Note: If your data are from a population, click on STDEV.P). Afterwards y'all have made your selections, click on OK at the bottom of the dialog box.

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Enter the jail cell range for your list of numbers in the Number 1 box. For case, if your data were in column A from row ane to 13, you would enter A1:A13. Instead of typing the range, yous tin can also move the cursor to the outset of the prepare of scores you lot wish to use and click and elevate the cursor beyond them. Once you take entered the range for your list, click on OK at the bottom of the dialog box. The standard deviation for the list will appear in the prison cell you selected.

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Del Siegle, Ph.D.
Neag Schoolhouse of Education – University of Connecticut
del.siegle@uconn.edu
www.delsiegle.com