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Data Analysis Spreadsheet Basics Getting Started With Spreadsheets Getting Started With Spreadsheets Review

Posted by Kelly Burchfield
Kelly Burchfield
579 Points

I've been marked incorrect on a couple simple answers in this quiz. Is this a glitch perhaps?

I've simply selected a group of cells to be summed up to find a total. The spreadsheet shows the total at the lower right, and yet the quiz is marking my answer incorrect. Could this be an error in the quiz? Has anyone else had this happen?

2 Answers

Chase Stevens
Chase Stevens
11,056 Points

Hi Kelly,

My best guess as to what's happening is that you're filtering out the sections that do not apply and then using a sum function; however, the function still calculates the values that are not shown through the filter. Try copying the filtered results and pasting values (CTRL + SHIFT + V) into a new sheet, calculating the sum, and see if you get a different answer.

Kelly Burchfield
Kelly Burchfield
579 Points
Kelly Burchfield
Kelly Burchfield
579 Points

This worked! Thanks very much!