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We now have to enter a <strong>for</strong>mula <strong>for</strong> the three rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g op<strong>in</strong>ions. This can get time-consum<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

So, we attempt to copy cell G7 and paste it <strong>in</strong> G8:<br />

This does work! Note that, s<strong>in</strong>ce we shifted the <strong>for</strong>mula down one level, F7 turned <strong>in</strong>to F8. That<br />

is, the search criteria is now be<strong>in</strong>g “pulled” from F8, the cell correspond<strong>in</strong>g to an op<strong>in</strong>ion of „D‟.<br />

However, we have one problem: the count<strong>in</strong>g region also shifted from D6:D25 to D7:D26. We<br />

don‟t want that! To tell Excel that we still want the count<strong>in</strong>g region to be D6:D25 and to not<br />

change when we copy our <strong>for</strong>mula, we “lock” the rows and columns by putt<strong>in</strong>g a dollar-sign ($)<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e the row letter and be<strong>for</strong>e the column number, as shown below:<br />

(HINT: If you place your cursor over each of the cell names <strong>in</strong> the <strong>for</strong>mula and press command<br />

F4 on your keyboard, you will notice the dollar-sign toggle <strong>for</strong> you)<br />

Notice that F7 conta<strong>in</strong>s no dollar-signs, so as to <strong>in</strong>dicate to Excel that we wish <strong>for</strong> the criteria cell<br />

to adjust down one row (still <strong>in</strong> column F) as we move down one row. We can now copy-paste<br />

the <strong>for</strong>mula down the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g cells:<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 31

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