BeginnerStatistical Functions
Find the average order value with AVERAGE
Calculate the mean value of a set of customer orders.
AVERAGE
3 min10 points
Harbor Supply's sales lead wants the average order value for the West region on its own, because West's orders are bigger and the company-wide average hides it. The orders sit in one list with the region beside each one, so the average has to pick out the West rows and ignore the rest.
| Row number | A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Order | Region | Value | West average | ||
| 2 | ORD-2101 | West | $1,200 | |||
| 3 | ORD-2102 | East | $950 | |||
| 4 | ORD-2103 | West | $1,800 | |||
| 5 | ORD-2104 | North | $700 | |||
| 6 | ORD-2105 | East | $1,450 | |||
| 7 | ORD-2106 | West | $2,400 | |||
| 8 | ORD-2107 | North | $1,100 | |||
| 9 | ORD-2108 | East | $800 | |||
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Build a conditional average out of a conditional sum and a conditional count.
SUMIF · COUNTIF
Add up only the rows matching a text condition.
SUMIF
Calculate the mean value of a set of customer orders.
AVERAGE