May 12 2019 02:54 PM
Lets say I have from 25 sources of the same lists of data of items that have been ranked.
The data list has 5 items ranked from position 1 (best) to position 5 (worst). How do I create an overall rank list based on the input from 25 lists?
For simplicity sake here is the list of data arranged in the following layout:
Item Tom's Rank **bleep**'s Rank Harry's Rank etc etc Overall Rank
Watch TV 3 1 2
Read Book 2 5 1
Gardening 5 4 3
Cleaning 4 3 4
Cooking 1 2 5
Not sure if this is known as weighted average? Its a subjective list from 25 people with their rankings and I just need to calculate the final average ranking.
Any Ideas?
Thanks,
Jay.
May 12 2019 09:03 PM
You can use AVERAGE() or MEDIAN() or MODE() to calculate a value for each item.
I would suggest either MEDIAN() or MODE().
May 12 2019 10:14 PM
You may use a helper column and an overall rank, like in the attached file.
May 13 2019 06:30 PM
@Detlef Lewin I tried few of these and The MEDIAN and AVERAGE gives more accurate results and better suited. Thanks.
May 13 2019 06:35 PM
@TwifooYes, thanks for the file as I was thinking along the same line and it works. The RANK on the total SUM gets me the same result if applied on MEDIAN or AVERAGE in lieu of the SUM.
Thanks.
May 16 2019 07:03 PM
@Twifoo Further to this, I have a final step here on the next tab sheet I just want to show the item, rank, and average summaries in ascending order by item. So what I am trying to do is on the Summary tab is have a formula in column A that will lookup the Data tab in ranked column B and populate the Summary tab in ascending order. Likewise similar formula in column B & C. Will this be a Index/Match with Indirect or similar?
See attached modified file.
Thanks,
Jay