The data below are a subset of the Resale dataset provided with the software. This (computer simulated) data. gives the selling price, the number of bedrooms, the total square footage (finished and unfinished), and the size of. the lots for 150 residential properties sold during the last four months in two states.
Many Excel users are not familiar with, or are intimidated by Pivot Tables, one of the most powerful features in Excel. This page describes elementary Pivot Tables. A pivot table is a great reporting tool that sorts and sums independent of the original data layout in the spreadsheet.
The Average Function. The Average function in a pivot table works like the AVERAGE function on the worksheet to calculate the average (mean) of the values. It totals all the underlying values in the Values area, and divides by the number of values.hen you use the Average summary function, the results will probably show a strange mixture of decimal places, as shown in the pivot table at the left, in the screen shot below. Format the field to have a consistent number of decimal places (as in the pivot table at the right, above), so the numbers are easy to compare.