Over on Facebook, Kristin asks, Help, my blood pressure is going thru the roof. I can’t seem to solve this blood pressure problem.
Okay, I am kidding. That is not what Kristin said. Here we go again…
Let’s simplify Kristin’s problem.
You have some data in the format shown aside.
Click here to download the sample file.
And you want to find out the BP category for each reading, using below rules.
- Normal – SBP < 140 AND DBP < 90
- Grade 1 – SBP 140-159 OR DBP 90-99
- Grade 2 – SBP 160-179 OR DBP 100-109
- Grade 3 – SBP >= 180 OR DBP >= 110
In case of ties, assume the higher grade.
Use these references:
- B4 or [@DBP] for DBP
- C4 or [@SBP] for SBP
You have 3 minutes to write the formula
What’s a BP categorization problem with out some pressure. So time yourself when writing this formula. Try to complete it in 3 minutes and post your answers in the comments section.
Your time starts now….
Want more challenges…
Aah, you are the kind that strive under pressure. Here are a few more challenges to keep you busy.
- Sumerian voter problem – If formula challenge
- How many Mondays between two dates?
- Sum of Top 10 values
- Can you calculate sales commission?
- More home work problems
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3 Responses to “CP049: Don’t do data dumps!!!”
Your title got me nervous because I'm all about data dumps, but not for attaching graphics to data dumps. My reason for using data dumps is when someone is trying to do analysis and their starting point is a report that's formatted in a way for a human to read. I instruct them to stop with the report and go get a data dump: just rows and columns and rows and columns.
Agreed, nearly all of my reports start with 100+ lines of simple table data.
That way you can build your functionality around pulling information from that tabled information.
Yes yes!