Find the 5 best numbers of a range of cells

[obiwann]

I need a formula to find the 5 best numbers in the following range:

a1 = 2393.094
a2 = 2393.395
a3 = 2393.343
a4 = 2392.922
a5 = 2394.082
a6 = 2393.607

Any help would be great

 

[eduzs]

Best?

 

[obiwann]

I need to kick out the worst number of 6

 

[DanteAmor]

the worst? in your example which is the worst? Are you always going to have 6 numbers and always want to get a only number?

 

[obiwann]

How about fining out the furthest number from the average of the 6?

 

[Dr. Demento]

I believe you're looking to identify the outliers (sort of). From a simplistic standpoint, you could use least squares regression; Khan Academy or Wiki has some decent info.

Stan Brown has done quite a bit of work and put together a sheet complete with formulas, graphs that can assist. However, you do need to have knowledge of the terms, formulas, shortcomings, etc. Be aware: that's not a trivial exercise.

https://brownmath.com/stat/nchkxl.htm

hth

 

[DanteAmor]

How about fining out the furthest number from the average of the 6?

please, in your example which number is the result

 

[obiwann]

2394.082

 

[DanteAmor]

Array formula, to accept press shift + control + enter

{=SUM(IF(ABS(AVERAGE(A1:A6)-A1:A6)=MAX(ABS(AVERAGE(A1:A6)-A1:A6)),A1:A6))}

 

[Fluff]

Cross posted https://www.excelforum.com/excel-fo...1-throw-out-the-worst-number.html#post5122117

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