I have problem creating formula referencing a drop down list, can someone help?

Example:

In the drop down list, there a

1-Below Average
2-Average
3-Good
4-Excellent

1 is given 1 point, 2 given 2 points, 3 given 3 points and 4 given 4 points.
Assume there are 3 drop down list, all drop down list has 3-Good.
So the mean should be (3+3+3)/3 = 3

How do I create a formula that will calculate the mean?

Thanks for your help.

Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT(--LEFT(A1:A3)/3)
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HTH,

RD

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"mldancing" wrote in message
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I have problem creating formula referencing a drop down list, can someone
help?

Example:

In the drop down list, there a

1-Below Average
2-Average
3-Good
4-Excellent

1 is given 1 point, 2 given 2 points, 3 given 3 points and 4 given 4
points.
Assume there are 3 drop down list, all drop down list has 3-Good.
So the mean should be (3+3+3)/3 = 3

How do I create a formula that will calculate the mean?

Thanks for your help.

Actually, with the divide by 3 (/3), the unary becomes unnecessary:

=SUMPRODUCT(LEFT(A1:A3)/3)
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Regards,

RD

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"Ragdyer" wrote in message
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Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT(--LEFT(A1:A3)/3)
--
HTH,

RD

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"mldancing" wrote in message
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I have problem creating formula referencing a drop down list, can someone
help?

Example:

In the drop down list, there a

1-Below Average
2-Average
3-Good
4-Excellent

1 is given 1 point, 2 given 2 points, 3 given 3 points and 4 given 4
points.
Assume there are 3 drop down list, all drop down list has 3-Good.
So the mean should be (3+3+3)/3 = 3

How do I create a formula that will calculate the mean?

Thanks for your help.

=SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(G4:G7,{"Below
Average","Average","Good","Excellent"},0)),MATCH(G 4:G7,{"Below
Average","Average","Good","Excellent"},0)))

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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"mldancing" wrote in message
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I have problem creating formula referencing a drop down list, can someone
help?

Example:

In the drop down list, there a

1-Below Average
2-Average
3-Good
4-Excellent

1 is given 1 point, 2 given 2 points, 3 given 3 points and 4 given 4
points.
Assume there are 3 drop down list, all drop down list has 3-Good.
So the mean should be (3+3+3)/3 = 3

How do I create a formula that will calculate the mean?

Thanks for your help.

Forgot to add

which is an array formula, it should be committed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not
just Enter.
Excel will automatically enclose the formula in braces (curly brackets), do
not try to do this manually.
When editing the formula, it must again be array-entered.

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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)



"mldancing" wrote in message
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I have problem creating formula referencing a drop down list, can someone
help?

Example:

In the drop down list, there a

1-Below Average
2-Average
3-Good
4-Excellent

1 is given 1 point, 2 given 2 points, 3 given 3 points and 4 given 4
points.
Assume there are 3 drop down list, all drop down list has 3-Good.
So the mean should be (3+3+3)/3 = 3

How do I create a formula that will calculate the mean?

Thanks for your help.