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Summarize measurements that contain errors

Your goal: Report a signed total, numeric count, numeric mean and genuine error count without converting other value types to zero.

Full task requirements

Enter one formula in G5. Return one row with four results in this order: the sum of numeric observations in B2:B13, their count, their arithmetic mean, and the count of genuine source errors. Ignore genuine errors when calculating the numeric statistics. Range text, numeric-looking text, Boolean values and blanks are not numeric observations. Keep real zeroes and negative amounts. If no numeric values exist, return numeric zero for sum and count and the literal No numeric values for mean. Do not add headings.

Signed measurements ignore genuine errors and literal textChoose the numeric measurements0 cells selected
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Choose the numeric measurements

Select the cells that follow this step’s rule, then complete the answer below.

Rules for this step

Include zero and signed measurements. Ignore genuine errors, text numbers, logical values and blanks when finding the numeric total and mean.

Tap values in the worksheet to include or remove them. Type labels distinguish stored numbers, text, logical values, genuine blanks and genuine errors.

Your selected values will appear here.

Numeric observations
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Signed total
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Mean of this selection
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