VGEOMEAN function
Description
VGEOMEAN(variable[,filter]) returns the geometric mean of a variable. An optional filter can be specified.
The geometric mean is calculated as follows:
$$\left ( \prod_{i=1}^n{x_i} \right ) ^\tfrac1n = \sqrt[n]{x_1 x_2 \cdots x_n} = \exp\left[\frac1n\sum_{i=1}^n\ln x_i\right] $$
$$\left ( \prod_{i=1}^n{x_i} \right ) ^\tfrac1n = \sqrt[n]{x_1 x_2 \cdots x_n} = \exp\left[\frac1n\sum_{i=1}^n\ln x_i\right] $$ The geometric mean is undefined for a data set that contains zero or negative values.
Note
This function calculates a statistic on a variable. Be careful when you use this function in cells of the columns that correspond to the variable, because this actually adds a value to the variable which can lead to unexpected and faulty results. You can exclude the cell to avoid this.