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To count the frequency of a text in Excel, you can use the Countif function. We have described the entire process in detail. We have created sample data with the names of the planets in Excel (as ...

Calculating data fluctuations-- also called variance -- is a multi-step process that requires total accuracy. Excel 2010 provides two basic formulas for calculating fluctuations, depending on whether ...

You can use the Frequency function within Excel in Microsoft Office 2011 for the Macintosh platform to calculate the frequency of data that lies within a certain range. From that calculation you can ...