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How do I create a distribution of values between 0 and 40 with a specified mean and standard deviation?
What is the difference between a pivot table and a normal table.
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Pivot tables are a data analysis/summary tool whereas regular tables are a data organisation tool. They serve quite different goals. If you are not using Pivot tables, you should be.
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both now support Slicers - if you are not using these, you should be.
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Advanced filter is an "old" feature which has been largely superceded by power query. If you are not using Power query you should be.
How do you guys format your spreadsheets?
Creating a Normal Distribution Curve
I want to create a column that generates a random range of values between 0 and 40. However, the values must have a mean of 19 a standard deviation of 7.3. The formula
=norm.inv(rand(),19,7.3)
works to a point, but it returns some values in the distribution less than 0 and more than 40.
Is there a way of doing this that can keep all the values between 0 and 40?
Many thanks in advance for anyone who can help.
Hi,
I'm quite familiar to normal tables and I'm learning pivot tables. I'm quite new in learning this bit so far but it seems from the limited knowledge I've gained so far, they seem to be able to do the same thing with normal tables when used with an advanced filter to sort through them.
My question is, what are pivot tables better for and what would be better to use advanced filter for and pros and cons of both.
Thanks
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Pivot tables are a data analysis/summary tool whereas regular tables are a data organisation tool. They serve quite different goals. If you are not using Pivot tables, you should be.
-
both now support Slicers - if you are not using these, you should be.
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Advanced filter is an "old" feature which has been largely superceded by power query. If you are not using Power query you should be.
PivotTables can easily aggregate, summarise, and calculate data points for you.
https://www.excel-easy.com/data-analysis/pivot-tables.html