How to Use the HARMEAN Function in Excel

This guide explains how to use HARMEAN Function in Excel, including its syntax, required arguments, practical examples, and common errors.

Description: The function returns the harmonic mean of a dataset, the harmonic mean is the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals.

Syntax: HARMEAN (number1, [number2]. )

Inside:

- number1, [number2]. ) : The values you want to calculate the harmonic mean value, where number1 is the required parameter, the remaining values are optional and contain up to 255 number parameters .

Attention:

- Note: harmonic average

- Arguments can be numbers, names or arrays that contain numbers.

- When typing logical values or textual numbers directly -> these values are still counted.

- If the reference argument or array contains logical values or text -> these values are ignored, but a value of 0 is still counted.

- The value of the argument is a text or an error value that cannot be converted. The function will report an error.

- If any data point ? 0 -> the function returns the #NUM! Error value

- The average harmonic equation is:

[frac {1} {{{H_y}}} = frac {1} {n} sum {frac {1} {{{Y_i}}}}]]

For example:

Calculate the harmonic mean of number values in the following data table:

- In the cell to calculate enter the formula : = HARMEAN (D6: D10)

- Press Enter -> harmonic average of number values is:

- Where number values are logical or text values -> they are ignored:

Above are instructions and some specific examples when using HARMEAN function in Excel.

Good luck!