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Friday, May 16, 2008

Episode 760 - No Outliers

How can you calculate the MIN or MAX value ignoring one outlier? Or, how can you figure out the MIN or MAX throwing out 5% of the outliers? Episode 760 takes a look at SMALL, LARGE, and PERCENTILE functions.

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Monday, May 12, 2008

Episode 756 - Meal Rollover

A question from a recent seminar involved calculating how many unused meals occurred during a month. The person had to rewrite several formulas every month depending on the total number of days in the month. In Episode 756, we'll take a look at some changes to allow that formula to work for every month.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Episode 747 - Who is Largest

Lucy sends in a question. She has built a table of sales by rep by day. She used the MAX and MIN function to find the largest and smallest value. However, her boss then wants her to identify who had the largest and smallest value. This requires the use of INDEX, MATCH, and a couple of hidden columns. Episode 747 will show you how.

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