Measurement of Central Tendency

Syntax of important functions

1. AVERAGE function

Syntax
AVERAGE(number1, [number2], ...)

The AVERAGE function syntax has the following arguments:

Number1 Required. The first number, cell reference, or range for which you want the
average.

Number2, ... Optional. Additional numbers, cell references or ranges for which you
want the average, up to a maximum of 255.

2. MEDIAN function

Syntax
MEDIAN(number1, [number2], ...)

The MEDIAN function syntax has the following arguments:

Number1, number2, ... Number1 is required, subsequent numbers are optional. 1 to

255 numbers for which you want the median.

3. MODE.SNGL function

Syntax
MODE.SNGL(number1,[number2],...])

The MODE.SNGL function syntax has the following arguments:

Number1 Required. The first argument for which you want to calculate the mode.

Number2, ... Optional. Arguments 2 to 254 for which you want to calculate the mode.
You can also use a single array or a reference to an array instead of arguments separated
by commas.

4. STDEVA function

Syntax
STDEVA(value1, [value2], ...)

The STDEVA function syntax has the following arguments:

 Value1, value2, ... Value1 is required, subsequent values are optional. 1 to 255 values
corresponding to a sample of a population. You can also use a single array or a reference
to an array instead of arguments separated by commas.

5. SKEW function

Syntax
SKEW(number1, [number2], ...)

The SKEW function syntax has the following arguments:

Number1, number2, ... Number1 is required, subsequent numbers are optional. 1 to

255 arguments for which you want to calculate skewness. You can also use a single array
or a reference to an array instead of arguments separated by commas.

6. KURT function

Syntax
KURT(number1, [number2], ...)

The KURT function syntax has the following arguments:

Number1, number2, ... Number1 is required, subsequent numbers are optional. 1 to

255 arguments for which you want to calculate kurtosis. You can also use a single array or
a reference to an array instead of arguments separated by commas.

7. COUNTIF function

Syntax
COUNTIF(range, criteria)

The COUNTIF function syntax has the following arguments:

range Required. One or more cells to count, including numbers or names, arrays, or
references that contain numbers. Blank and text values are ignored.

criteria Required. A number, expression, cell reference, or text string that defines which
cells will be counted. For example, criteria can be expressed as 32, ">32", B4, "apples", or
"32".

NOTES

You can use the wildcard characters — the question mark (?) and the asterisk (*) — in
criteria. A question mark matches any single character, and an asterisk matches any
sequence of characters. If you want to find an actual question mark or asterisk, type a
tilde (~) before the character.

Criteria are case insensitive; for example, the string "apples" and the string "APPLES" will
match the same cells.