Analyze Results from Microsoft FORMS POLLS in Excel | Watch Chris Work

Posted on: 05/02/2022

I recently spoke at the Administrative Professional Day Conference hosted by the University of Georgia. After reviewing my survey results in Microsoft Forms, I realized I needed to analyze the survey data. Forms results are immediately available in Excel.

**Microsoft Forms - Analyze data in Excel**

After opening in Excel, I did the following functions in Excel: average, max, min, median, large, and trimmean functions. I added a helper column to calculate the time required to take the survey. Finally, I tested a few of the functions to ensure they were correct. This is something I needed to do so you actually get to see me work. I'm going to start a series called Watch Chris Work.

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Video Chapters

00:00 Introduction
03:45 Load results in Excel
04:08 Add helper column
06:56 Find maximum value
07:03 Find minimum value
07:16 Find average time
07:25 Find median time
08:18 Find top values
10:44 Average excluding
12:14 Test the formulas
13:19 Closing remarks

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Chris Menard is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and is employed full-time as a Trainer for BakerHostetler, one of the nation’s largest law firms. Menard has a YouTube channel with over 800 technology videos covering Excel, Word, Zoom, Teams, Outlook, Gmail, Google Calendar, and other resources that over 12 million viewers have appreciated. Menard also does public speaking at conferences for CPAs and Administrative Professionals. Connect with Chris on LinkedIn at chrismenardtraining.com/linked or on YouTube at chrismenardtraining.com/youtube