EXCEL AVEDEV FUNCTION

The AVEDEV function in Excel computes the average deviation of a given collection of data.

Syntax :

=AVEDEV(number1, [number2],…)

Patrameters :

where the number parameters are one or more numeric values (or arrays of numeric values) whose average deviation you wish to find. You may pass up to 255 number parameters to the Avedev function if you’re using a current version of Excel (Excel 2007 or later). In Excel 2003, however, the function can only accept up to 30 number parameters. arguments.

 It should be noted that logical values and text values (including text representations of integers) are ignored by the Avedev function if they are given as part of an array. The function, on the other hand, counts text representations of numbers and logical values that are sent directly to it as individual number arguments.

Example :

Over a three-year period, a firm maintains track of its monthly sales statistics. These are saved in the spreadsheet’s cells B3-B14, D3-D14, and F3-F14 on the right. Cell H3 in the worksheet calculates the average deviation of the three years’ sales numbers. The calculation for this is provided in the formula bar: =AVEDEV(B3:B14, D3:D14, F3:F14) As indicated in cell H3, the average deviation for the three years of sales numbers is determined to be 2,027.78.

  • #DIV/0! -This error occurs if none of the values sent to the function are numeric.
    (It should be noted that text representations of integers given as part of an array are not regarded as numeric values by the Avedev function.)
  • #VALUE!-This error occurs if any of the number parameters passed straight to the Avedev function are text strings that cannot be understood as numbers.

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