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Hi,

I am trying create a spreadsheet that will become a draft that I will use on a daily basis. Ive been trying for hours...

I would use this draft spreadsheet to copy pate a list of numbers and have 4 averages computed given 4 criterias

My criterias are quartiles: Bottom 25%, the next 25%, the next 25%, and the top 25%

And I would like the average of the numbers I will paste given these criterias.

What I did is compute the quartiles using the formula, then I tried to use the =sum.if formula and the =count.if to compute my average

The problem is, excel will not let me input a criteria in this format: "<H3" (H3 is where my lowest quartile is). Rather excel will only let me use this format for my criterias: "<30"... Which means I will manually type the formulas everytime I get my quartiles computed..

Im not sure if I was clear... Any tips?
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Hi,

The format should be "<"&H3 (not "<H3") in the SUMIF and COUNTIF formulas.

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B. R. Ramachandran

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Hi,

I am trying create a spreadsheet that will become a draft that I will
use on a daily basis. Ive been trying for hours...

I would use this draft spreadsheet to copy pate a list of numbers and
have 4 averages computed given 4 criterias

My criterias are quartiles: Bottom 25%, the next 25%, the next 25%, and
the top 25%

And I would like the average of the numbers I will paste given these
criterias.

What I did is compute the quartiles using the formula, then I tried to
use the =sum.if formula and the =count.if to compute my average

The problem is, excel will not let me input a criteria in this format:
"<H3" (H3 is where my lowest quartile is). Rather excel will only let
me use this format for my criterias: "<30"... Which means I will
manually type the formulas everytime I get my quartiles computed..

Im not sure if I was clear... Any tips?


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