Hi David,
David King wrote:
> Hi Leonard
>
>> How about:
>> ... calculates the mean for the inner set of data after removing the
>> lower x% and upper x% from the original data set.
>>
>
> Cor, it gets longer every time ;). Trouble with this one is that
> it's strictly (x/2)% not x%.
Hmmm...
What if the formula is written with TRIMMEAN(..., 2*x) ?
Just to avoid getting it bigger. ;-)
[And avoid some of the confusion with the used formulas.]
OR
... calculates the mean for the inner data set after removing the lower
and upper (x/2) % of data.
This one is even shorter. Getting it shorter than this will only
obfuscate the summary.
Sincerely,
Leonard
> Might be getting unwieldy. The
> official line for Summary (page 80) is:
>
> "Summary: A one-sentence briefly describing the function or
> operator."
>
> Now, someone tell me why that doesn't read:
> "Summary: One sentence briefly describing the function or operator."
>
> ;)
> D
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