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by DorotheaJulia
Sat Feb 07, 2026 1:43 pm
Forum: Help
Topic: Calculating mean based on different number of cells containing values
Replies: 3
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Re: Calculating mean based on different number of cells containing values

i think you're just missing a bracket on the end? IF(COUNT(v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,v7,v8)>=7,(SUM(v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,v7,v8)-MIN(v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,v7,v8))/6, SUM(v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,v7,v8)/6) not sure if the rest of the logic of your formula is correct, but this gets us passed the mis-specified error. readin...
by DorotheaJulia
Sat Feb 07, 2026 1:35 pm
Forum: Help
Topic: Calculating mean based on different number of cells containing values
Replies: 3
Views: 415

Re: Calculating mean based on different number of cells containing values

Thank you so much for a fast answer Jonathan! That really solves it, that is for the instances where I have a minimum of 6 cells with values. The only thing is that sometimes there are less than 6 and those get left out with the min_valid=6 I am calculating a grade based on 8 assignments but grading...
by DorotheaJulia
Fri Feb 06, 2026 10:48 am
Forum: Help
Topic: Calculating mean based on different number of cells containing values
Replies: 3
Views: 415

Calculating mean based on different number of cells containing values

Hello I need to calculate the mean of 6 best out of 8 where rows have different numbers of missing values. I tried to do an IF ELSE formula by counting existing values out of 8 and subtracting one if there are one or two missing values, otherwise not. However it comes out as misspecified all the tim...