Am I going crazy?

Create 16 values so that the formula
=median(a1:a16)

does not return the value of an actual cell you have typed.

Now use
=median(a1:a16,1)

and it gives you the cell in your range that is closest (lower range) to the
median!

Can anyone explain this?

Regards,
Bony

Hi,

It isn't doing that. Consider the numbers below In a1 to a17

=MEDIAN(A1:A16) Returns 8.5

=MEDIAN(A1:A16,22) Returns 9

=MEDIAN(A1:A17) Returns 9

All your doing by adding ,1 to the median arguments is adding an additional
number for it to calculate.

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Mike

"Bony Pony" wrote:

Am I going crazy?

Create 16 values so that the formula
=median(a1:a16)

does not return the value of an actual cell you have typed.

Now use
=median(a1:a16,1)

and it gives you the cell in your range that is closest (lower range) to the
median!

Can anyone explain this?

Regards,
Bony

Hi,

The help file explains that clearly. In your first formula you
have an even number in your set.

With your second formula read it in the help file as
Number1 (is your A1:A16 range)
Number2 (is 1)

HTH
Martin




"Bony Pony" wrote in message
...
Am I going crazy?

Create 16 values so that the formula
=median(a1:a16)

does not return the value of an actual cell you have typed.

Now use
=median(a1:a16,1)

and it gives you the cell in your range that is closest (lower range) to
the
median!

Can anyone explain this?

Regards,
Bony

Hi all,
Thanks for the steer. Glad I'm not going crazy - just a localised case of
dumbness!!

many thanks!

Bony

"MartinW" wrote:

Hi,

The help file explains that clearly. In your first formula you
have an even number in your set.

With your second formula read it in the help file as
Number1 (is your A1:A16 range)
Number2 (is 1)

HTH
Martin




"Bony Pony" wrote in message
...
Am I going crazy?

Create 16 values so that the formula
=median(a1:a16)

does not return the value of an actual cell you have typed.

Now use
=median(a1:a16,1)

and it gives you the cell in your range that is closest (lower range) to
the
median!

Can anyone explain this?

Regards,
Bony

Your welcome Bony, and don't worry about the dumbness bit, I don't
think there is one user in this group that doesn't spin off on the wrong
tangent each now and again, and that includes our resident gurus!!!

Cheers
Martin



"Bony Pony" wrote in message
...
Hi all,
Thanks for the steer. Glad I'm not going crazy - just a localised case of
dumbness!!

many thanks!

Bony

"MartinW" wrote:

Hi,

The help file explains that clearly. In your first formula you
have an even number in your set.

With your second formula read it in the help file as
Number1 (is your A1:A16 range)
Number2 (is 1)

HTH
Martin




"Bony Pony" wrote in message
...
Am I going crazy?

Create 16 values so that the formula
=median(a1:a16)

does not return the value of an actual cell you have typed.

Now use
=median(a1:a16,1)

and it gives you the cell in your range that is closest (lower range)
to
the
median!

Can anyone explain this?

Regards,
Bony

Speaking of dumbness, that should have been You're welcome Bony.



"MartinW" wrote in message
...
Your welcome Bony, and don't worry about the dumbness bit, I don't
think there is one user in this group that doesn't spin off on the wrong
tangent each now and again, and that includes our resident gurus!!!

Cheers
Martin



"Bony Pony" wrote in message
...
Hi all,
Thanks for the steer. Glad I'm not going crazy - just a localised case
of
dumbness!!

many thanks!

Bony

"MartinW" wrote:

Hi,

The help file explains that clearly. In your first formula you
have an even number in your set.

With your second formula read it in the help file as
Number1 (is your A1:A16 range)
Number2 (is 1)

HTH
Martin




"Bony Pony" wrote in message
...
Am I going crazy?

Create 16 values so that the formula
=median(a1:a16)

does not return the value of an actual cell you have typed.

Now use
=median(a1:a16,1)

and it gives you the cell in your range that is closest (lower range)
to
the
median!

Can anyone explain this?

Regards,
Bony

To put it another way:

If the total number of values is an odd number, then the median value will
be one of the values being evaluated. If the the total number of values is
an even number, then the median will be the average of the middle two values
and will only be one of the values being evaluated if the two middle numbers
are the same.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"MartinW" wrote in message
...
Speaking of dumbness, that should have been You're welcome Bony.



"MartinW" wrote in message
...
Your welcome Bony, and don't worry about the dumbness bit, I don't
think there is one user in this group that doesn't spin off on the wrong
tangent each now and again, and that includes our resident gurus!!!

Cheers
Martin



"Bony Pony" wrote in message
...
Hi all,
Thanks for the steer. Glad I'm not going crazy - just a localised case
of
dumbness!!

many thanks!

Bony

"MartinW" wrote:

Hi,

The help file explains that clearly. In your first formula you
have an even number in your set.

With your second formula read it in the help file as
Number1 (is your A1:A16 range)
Number2 (is 1)

HTH
Martin




"Bony Pony" wrote in message
...
Am I going crazy?

Create 16 values so that the formula
=median(a1:a16)

does not return the value of an actual cell you have typed.

Now use
=median(a1:a16,1)

and it gives you the cell in your range that is closest (lower range)
to
the
median!

Can anyone explain this?

Regards,
Bony