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Frequency function in Excel
It's easier to understand if you sort C2:C4 in ascending order.
The number of EMPL IDs less than or equal to 700 is 0.
The number of EMPL IDs greater than 700 and less than or equal to 800 is 2.
The number of EMPL IDs greater than 800 and less than or equal to 900 is 1.
The number of EMPL IDs greater than 900 is 7.
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Can I ask, what happens if the data are not sorted?
For example:
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- PeterBartholomew1Jan 03, 2023Silver Contributor
The numbers are the boundaries between bins and Excel sizes the bins to the boundaries irrespective of order. If you use the original dataset the values returned are counts of each number.
- HansVogelaarJan 03, 2023MVP
The result is basically the same, except that the values in column D are now in a different order because the values in column C have been shuffled.