Rounding up - number data and frequencies
 

Hi-

I am trying to capture the frequencies of a data set of numbers. The numbers
were recorded with one decimal point, and I am only trying to capture whole
numbers.

I have 11,300 records, and I would like to avoid manually rounding these
numbers to the nearest whole number, but I need an accurate frequency count.

How can I round up these numbers and count them specifically? (Rather than
count the original data set that contains something similar to 13.1, 13.2,
13.2, 13.6, 13.8, etc.)

Thanks!

Rounding up - number data and frequencies
 

Say your data is in column A.

In B2 enter:
=ROUND(A2,0) and copy down. For example:

raw rounded
5.4 5.0
6.6 7.0
1.2 1.0
1.1 1.0
9.5 9.0
7.8 8.0
3.5 4.0
0.4 0.0
1.6 2.0
1.8 2.0


The select column B and create a Pivot Table. You should see:

Count of rounded
rounded Total
0.0 1
1.0 2
2.0 2
4.0 1
5.0 1
7.0 1
8.0 1
9.0 1
Grand Total 10

Each distinct item appears in the Pivot Table and next to it the frequncy of
occurance.

For Pivot Table info see:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotstart.htm

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Gary''s Student - gsnu200755


"Julia CHP" wrote:

Hi-

I am trying to capture the frequencies of a data set of numbers. The numbers
were recorded with one decimal point, and I am only trying to capture whole
numbers.

I have 11,300 records, and I would like to avoid manually rounding these
numbers to the nearest whole number, but I need an accurate frequency count.

How can I round up these numbers and count them specifically? (Rather than
count the original data set that contains something similar to 13.1, 13.2,
13.2, 13.6, 13.8, etc.)

Thanks!

Rounding up - number data and frequencies
 

Not sure it makes any difference.
In A1:A22 I have 12, 12.1, 12.2 ....13.9,14
In my bin (C1:C3) I have 12,13,and 14
The formula =FREQUENCY(A1:A21,$C$1:$C$3) gives the counts 1, 10,10

In B1 I have =ROUNDUP(A1,0) and this is copied down to B22 giving 12,
13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,14,14,14,14,14.14.14 .14.14.14
The formula =FREQUENCY(B1:B21,$C$1:$C$3) gives the same counts 1, 10,10

Or have I missed the point?
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
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"Julia CHP" wrote in message
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Hi-

I am trying to capture the frequencies of a data set of numbers. The
numbers
were recorded with one decimal point, and I am only trying to capture
whole
numbers.

I have 11,300 records, and I would like to avoid manually rounding these
numbers to the nearest whole number, but I need an accurate frequency
count.

How can I round up these numbers and count them specifically? (Rather than
count the original data set that contains something similar to 13.1, 13.2,
13.2, 13.6, 13.8, etc.)

Thanks!