Subquery syntax

what is the relation (KEY) between these 2 tables?
if just ROW ( not the best DB design)

try

select
m.[varvalue] 'Independed',
t.[varname] 'Depended',
sum(t.varvalue) SumScore,
AVG(t.varvalue) AvgScore


 from masterdata m inner join table2 t on m.[row]=t.[row]
group by m.[varvalue] ,t.[varname]

Mine would be similar, just a different interpretation of the necessary table join...

SELECT m.varvalue as [Independent Var], v.varname as [Dependent Var], sum(v.varvalue) as [Sum], Avg(varvalue) as [Average]
FROM masterdata m INNER JOIN dependedvariabledata v
ON m.collectionid = v.collectionid and m.row = v.row and m.[group] = v.[group]
GROUP BY m.varvalue, v.varname

IF you want to filter for specific dependent variables, just add a WHERE clause to the statement after the join and before the grouping...

WHERE v.varvalue = 'Score1'

or for more than 1

WHERE v.varvalue in ('Score1','Score2','Score3')

Actually it is only a single table, which is why I think I need to use subqueries.

Given the entries for a particular varname, I need the averages and sums for the varvalues of corresponding entries in the table based on that varname's collectionid and row for a different varname.

The data in the table originally came from a series of variable-sized two-dimension tables (think of an Excel spreadsheets).  Each cell became it's own row in the table with the collectionid and group fields identifying the source spreadsheet, the row being the row number, and the varname being the column header.

The data structure is a given and I can't change it.

Through a query I need to come up with the average and sum of one of the columns (i.e varname = 'Score1') based on the values in another varname ('S2INS$').  So in my example I have one of the varnames is S2INS$ which is a person's name.  I need the average and sum for Score1 for each of the specific values of S2INS$.

Back to the spreadsheet... it would be equivalent to subtotalling (giving the sum and average) the Score1 column based on the values in the S2INS$ column.

I'm pretty sure this is doable with a subquery, but I'm not very good at them.

Hopefully (!) I'm clarifying what I need and not making it too confusing...

hmm, ok :

select 
m.[varvalue] 'Independed',
t.[varname] 'Depended',
sum(t.varvalue) SumScore,
AVG(t.varvalue) AvgScore

 from 

(select varvalue,row,masterdata,varname where ISNUMERIC(varvalue)<> 1) m 
inner join

(select varvalue,row,masterdata,varname where ISNUMERIC(varvalue)= 1) t 
on m.[row]=t.[row]
group by m.[varvalue] ,t.[varname] 

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select IndependentVar, DependentVar, sum, average from
(select t1.varvalue IndependentVar, t2.varname DependentVar,
 sum(t2.varvalue) over (partition by t1.id, t1.varvalue order by t1.row) sum,
 avg(t2.varvalue) over (partition by t1.id, t1.varvalue order by t1.row) avgerage,
 row_number() over (partition by t1.id, t1.varvalue order by t1.row desc) rn
 from tab1 t1, tab2 t2
 where t1.id = t2.id and t1.row = t2.row) as x
where rn = 1;

Sorry, I had to leave for a meeting and didn't refresh when I got back so I never saw all of these responses. Using the sum, avergage and group by that has been suggested should perform better than the windowing function that I showed.

Thanks, that gets me where I need to be!