Calculating the mean, or average, of a data set is actually pretty easy. You just add all the values of the data, and then divide that sum by the number of data points. This can be a challenging task if the data consists of a large amount of numbers. In those cases you can use Excel
to do the job for you.
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Instruction
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. =AVERAGE(
Enter
. Example 1
Below, you can see an overview of how many pieces of candy eight of the students in a class ate this weekend:
Find the mean of this data.
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, into individual cells. =AVERAGE(
Enter
. Simple as that!
The result is:
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you see that the mean amount of candy eaten this weekend is 10 pieces.