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Statistical Functions
Functions Purpose Example
Input: =MAX(4,16,12,9)
MAX(range) It returns the largest value in the given range.
Output: 16
Input: =MIN(4,16,12,9)
MIN(range) It returns the smallest value in the given range.
Output: 4
It returns the average of the given numbers in a Input: =AVERAGE(12,3,6)
AVERAGE(range)
range. Output: 7
It returns the count of the number of values in the Input: =COUNT(4,8,12)
COUNT(range)
selected range. Output: 3
Let's use the statistical functions in Excel 2016.
Perform the given steps to use the statistical functions:
Step 1: Type the given data in the Excel 2016 worksheet.
Step 2: Type =MAX(C3:G3) function in the cell H3 to find the maximum marks.
Step 3: Press the Enter key.
Using MAX function
When you press the Enter key, the maximum marks appear in the cell H3. Using the AutoFill feature
find the maximum marks of each student. Similarly, we can find the minimum marks by using the
MIN() function in column I.
Step 4: Type =AVERAGE(C3:G3) function in the cell J3 to find the average of marks.
Step 5: Press the Enter key from the keyboard.
Using AVERAGE function
When you press the Enter key, the average of marks appears in the cell J3. Using the AutoFill feature,
we can calculate the average of marks of each student.
Calculating average of marks
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