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Subject: Re: [office-comment] ODFF: list of suggestions
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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