QUARTILE. EXC Function in Excel

This guide provides a practical overview of QUARTILE. EXC Function, including its main features, benefits, limitations, and important considerations.

Description: The function returns the quartile of a dataset, with percentile values from 0 to 1 excluding 0 and 1. The function supports Excel 2010 and later versions.

Syntax: QUARTILE. EXC (array, quart)

Inside:

- array: An array or range containing values that want to find quartiles, a required parameter .

- quart: The position of the quartile to be returned, is a mandatory parameter consisting of 3 values 1, 2 and 3. In addition to these values, the function returns an error value.

Attention:

- If quart is not an integer -> it is truncated to an integer.

- If array is empty -> the function returns the #NUM! Error value .

- If quart ? 4 or quart ? 0 -> the function returns the #NUM! Error value

- The MIN and MAX, MEDIAN functions return the same value as the QUARTILE. EXC function with corresponding values quart = 0, quart = 4, quart = 2.

For example:

Locate the units as described in the following data table:

- Determine the position of the 1st percentile. In the cell to calculate enter the formula : = QUARTILE. EXC (D6: J6, D7)

- Press Enter -> 1st percentile is:

- The 6th percentile. In the cell to calculate enter the formula: = QUARTILE. EXC (D6: J6,4). Press Enter -> return value is:

Here due to the quart value = 6> 4 -> the function returns the #NUM! Error value . The quart value is only in 3 values: 1, 2 and 3.

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

Good luck!