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This macro calculates the trimmed mean by removing the smallest p% and the largest p% of the values (rounded to the nearest integer), and then averages the remaining values.
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The percentage must be a positive value greater than 0 and less than 50%. You can specify this percentage as a decimal (10% = 0.10) or as an integer (10% = 10).
Suppose the data are in C1 and you want to calculate a 10% trimmed mean. To run the macro, choose and type:
%TRIMMEAN C1 0.10Click Run.
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