Which function will give you the total number of times a value appears if it meets certain criteria?

The function that evaluates a range and counts the number of cells that meet specified criteria is indeed the countif function. It not only counts occurrences but also allows you to set conditions for the counting process, making it flexible and powerful for data analysis.

For example, if you have a list of sales figures and you want to count how many of those figures exceeded a certain amount, countif will enable you to specify that criterion, and it will return the exact count of how many items meet that condition. This functionality is particularly useful in scenarios such as tracking performance metrics, filtering data for analysis, and summarizing datasets where only specific entries are relevant to your inquiry.

While count is simply used to count all numeric entries in a range without any conditions, sumif focuses on adding up values rather than counting them, based on certain criteria. Similarly, averageif calculates the average of a range based on conditions rather than counting appearances. Therefore, the ability of countif to both filter data and provide a count makes it the suitable choice for this question.