RANK and top N lists
Rank every row with RANK, understand how ties are ranked, and build a top 5 or bottom 3 list with LARGE, SMALL and a lookup.
In this lesson
- Ties share a rank and the next one is skipped: 12, 12, 14.
=LARGE(range,k)is the k-th largest number,=SMALL(range,k)the k-th smallest.- A lookup finds the first of two tied rows both times.
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Where it sits in Math and statistics
- SUM, AVERAGE, MIN and MAX8 min
- MAXIFS and MINIFS10 min
- Running totals9 min
- RANK and top N listsThis lesson13 min
- MEDIAN and MODE9 min
- Random numbers: RAND and RANDBETWEEN11 min
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11 steps: 4 explanations, 5 Do this, 2 questions, then Your turn.
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
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