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Moving Average

jojmp
Level III

I have a table called drugs with columns drug and result, how do I calculate the moving average of the result column by taking the first 4 rows followed by the next 4 rows and similarly continue. Pfa the sample table for reference. 

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txnelson
Super User


Re: Moving Average

The formula to use is

If( Mod( Row(), 4 ) == 0,
	Mean( :Result[Index( Row() - 3, Row() )] )
)

I have attached your example data table, with a new column with the formula in it

drugs.PNG

Jim

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gianpaolo
Level IV


Re: Moving Average

hello ,

you can try with Formula column --> row --> moving average

 

moving.jpg

Gianpaolo Polsinelli
jojmp
Level III


Re: Moving Average

Could you please explain the next step after this, I want to calculate the average of 4 consecutive samples
txnelson
Super User


Re: Moving Average

Do you have 4 columns of results, or 4 times as many rows as you show in your sample data table?
Jim
jojmp
Level III


Re: Moving Average

I want to generate the moving average column as shown in the attached table, for every 4 rows I need to calculate the average

txnelson
Super User


Re: Moving Average

The formula to use is

If( Mod( Row(), 4 ) == 0,
	Mean( :Result[Index( Row() - 3, Row() )] )
)

I have attached your example data table, with a new column with the formula in it

drugs.PNG

Jim
jojmp
Level III


Re: Moving Average

Thanks this worked
Phil_Kay
Staff


Re: Moving Average

Moving average dialog.png

I think this will give you the moving average that you want (4 rows before and 4 rows after).

jojmp
Level III


Re: Moving Average

this did not work
txnelson
Super User


Re: Moving Average

Create a new column in your data table, and apply the folloing formula

Col Moving Average( :Result, weighting = 1, before = 3, :Drug )
Jim