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Text cells are ignored by MIN() and MAX(). The functions MINA() and MAXA() return 0 if no value (numeric or text) and no error was encountered. Passing a literal string argument to MIN() or MAX(), e.g. MIN("string"), still results in an error.</paragraph> 51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154256" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Syntax</paragraph> 52<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147340" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="5">MAX(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 53<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149568" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="6"><emph>Number1; Number2;...Number30</emph> are numerical values or ranges. </paragraph> 54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153963" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example</paragraph> 55<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147343" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="8"> 56<item type="input">=MAX(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148485" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="9"> 58<item type="input">=MAX(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 59</section> 60<section id="maxa"> 61<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166426"><bookmark_value>MAXA function</bookmark_value> 62</bookmark> 63<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MAXA" id="bm_id3150304" localize="false"/> 64<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166426" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 65oldref="139">MAXA</paragraph> 66<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150363" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="140"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MAXA">Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments. In opposite to MAX, here you can enter text. The value of the text is 0.</ahelp></paragraph> 67<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7689443" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The functions MINA() and MAXA() return 0 if no value (numeric or text) and no error was encountered.</paragraph> 68<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150516" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 69oldref="141">Syntax</paragraph> 70<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166431" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="142">MAXA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 71<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150202" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="143"><emph>Value1; Value2;...Value30</emph> are values or ranges. Text has the value of 0.</paragraph> 72<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 73oldref="144">Example</paragraph> 74<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156446" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="145"> 75<item type="input">=MAXA(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200;"Text")</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 76<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149404" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="146"> 77<item type="input">=MAXA(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 78</section> 79<section id="median"> 80<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153820"><bookmark_value>MEDIAN function</bookmark_value> 81</bookmark> 82<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MEDIAN" id="bm_id3153069" localize="false"/> 83<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153820" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 84oldref="11">MEDIAN</paragraph> 85<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151241" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="12"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MEDIAN">Returns the median of a set of numbers. In a set containing an uneven number of values, the median will be the number in the middle of the set and in a set containing an even number of values, it will be the mean of the two values in the middle of the set.</ahelp></paragraph> 86<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148871" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 87oldref="13">Syntax</paragraph> 88<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155264" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="14">MEDIAN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 89<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150109" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="15"><emph>Number1; Number2;...Number30</emph> are values or ranges, which represent a sample. Each number can also be replaced by a reference.</paragraph> 90<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3144506" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 91oldref="16">Example</paragraph> 92<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145078" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="17">for an odd number: <item type="input">=MEDIAN(1;5;9;20;21)</item> returns 9 as the median value.</paragraph> 93<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149126" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="165">for an even number: <item type="input">=MEDIAN(1;5;9;20)</item> returns the average of the two middle values 5 and 9, thus 7.</paragraph> 94</section> 95<section id="min"> 96<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154541"><bookmark_value>MIN function</bookmark_value> 97</bookmark> 98<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MIN" id="bm_id3159226" localize="false"/> 99<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154541" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 100oldref="19">MIN</paragraph> 101<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143222" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="20"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MIN">Returns the minimum value in a list of arguments.</ahelp></paragraph> 102<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2301400" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Returns 0 if no numeric value and no error was encountered in the cell range(s) passed as cell reference(s). Text cells are ignored by MIN() and MAX(). The functions MINA() and MAXA() return 0 if no value (numeric or text) and no error was encountered. Passing a literal string argument to MIN() or MAX(), e.g. MIN("string"), still results in an error.</paragraph> 103<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154651" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 104oldref="21">Syntax</paragraph> 105<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146964" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="22">MIN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 106<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153486" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="23"><emph>Number1; Number2;...Number30</emph> are numerical values or ranges.</paragraph> 107<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155523" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 108oldref="24">Example</paragraph> 109<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154734" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="25"> 110<item type="input">=MIN(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 111</section> 112<section id="mina"> 113<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147504"><bookmark_value>MINA function</bookmark_value> 114</bookmark> 115<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MINA" id="bm_id3155752" localize="false"/> 116<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147504" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 117oldref="148">MINA</paragraph> 118<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147249" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="149"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MINA">Returns the minimum value in a list of arguments. Here you can also enter text. The value of the text is 0.</ahelp></paragraph> 119<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4294564" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The functions MINA() and MAXA() return 0 if no value (numeric or text) and no error was encountered.</paragraph> 120<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150435" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 121oldref="150">Syntax</paragraph> 122<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153336" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="151">MINA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 123<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146098" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="152"><emph>Value1; Value2;...Value30</emph> are values or ranges. Text has the value of 0.</paragraph> 124<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148743" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 125oldref="153">Example</paragraph> 126<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147401" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="154"> 127<item type="input">=MINA(1;"Text";20)</item> returns 0.</paragraph> 128<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147295" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="155"> 129<item type="input">=MINA(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 130</section> 131<section id="avedev"> 132<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166465"><bookmark_value>AVEDEV function</bookmark_value> 133<bookmark_value>averages;statistical functions</bookmark_value> 134</bookmark><comment>mw added "averages;"</comment> 135<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELABW" id="bm_id3156396" localize="false"/> 136<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166465" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="27">AVEDEV</paragraph> 137<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150373" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MITTELABW">Returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from their mean.</ahelp> Displays the diffusion in a data set.</paragraph> 138<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150038" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="29">Syntax</paragraph> 139<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">AVEDEV(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 140<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157871" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31"><emph>Number1, Number2,...Number30</emph> are values or ranges that represent a sample. Each number can also be replaced by a reference.</paragraph> 141<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149725" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">Example</paragraph> 142<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153122" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33"> 143 <item type="input">=AVEDEV(A1:A50)</item> 144 </paragraph> 145</section> 146<section id="average"> 147<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145824"><bookmark_value>AVERAGE function</bookmark_value> 148</bookmark> 149<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERT" id="bm_id3146878" localize="false"/> 150<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145824" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 151oldref="35">AVERAGE</paragraph> 152<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150482" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="36"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MITTELWERT">Returns the average of the arguments.</ahelp></paragraph> 153<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146943" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 154oldref="37">Syntax</paragraph> 155<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154679" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="38">AVERAGE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 156<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150741" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="39"><emph>Number1; Number2;...Number 0</emph> are numerical values or ranges.</paragraph> 157<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153039" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 158oldref="40">Example</paragraph> 159<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151232" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="41"> 160<item type="input">=AVERAGE(A1:A50)</item> 161</paragraph> 162</section> 163<section id="averagea"> 164<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754"><bookmark_value>AVERAGEA function</bookmark_value> 165</bookmark> 166<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTA" id="bm_id3149690" localize="false"/> 167<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 168oldref="157">AVERAGEA</paragraph> 169<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145138" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="158"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTA">Returns the average of the arguments. The value of a text is 0.</ahelp></paragraph> 170<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 171oldref="159">Syntax</paragraph> 172<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="160">AVERAGEA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 173<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155260" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="161"><emph>Value1; Value2;...Value30</emph> are values or ranges. Text has the value of 0.</paragraph> 174<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 175oldref="162">Example</paragraph> 176<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="163"> 177<item type="input">=AVERAGEA(A1:A50)</item> 178</paragraph> 179</section> 180<section id="mode"> 181<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153933"><bookmark_value>MODE function</bookmark_value> 182<bookmark_value>most common value</bookmark_value> 183</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 184<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MODALWERT" id="bm_id3149253" localize="false"/> 185<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153933" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 186oldref="43">MODE</paragraph> 187<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153085" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="44"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MODALWERT">Returns the most common value in a data set.</ahelp> If there are several values with the same frequency, it returns the smallest value. An error occurs when a value doesn't appear twice.</paragraph> 188<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153003" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 189oldref="45">Syntax</paragraph> 190<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155950" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="46">MODE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 191<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150337" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="47"><emph>Number1; Number2;...Number30</emph> are numerical values or ranges.</paragraph> 192<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153571" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 193oldref="48">Example</paragraph> 194<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153733" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="49"> 195<item type="input">=MODE(A1:A50)</item> 196</paragraph> 197</section> 198<section id="negbinomdist"> 199<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149879"><bookmark_value>NEGBINOMDIST function</bookmark_value> 200<bookmark_value>negative binomial distribution</bookmark_value> 201</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 202<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NEGBINOMVERT" id="bm_id3159135" localize="false"/> 203<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149879" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 204oldref="51">NEGBINOMDIST</paragraph> 205<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155437" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="52"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_NEGBINOMVERT">Returns the negative binomial distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 206<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145351" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 207oldref="53">Syntax</paragraph> 208<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150935" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="54">NEGBINOMDIST(X; R; SP)</paragraph> 209<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153044" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="55"><emph>X</emph> represents the value returned for unsuccessful tests.</paragraph> 210<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151018" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="56"><emph>R</emph> represents the value returned for successful tests.</paragraph> 211<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148878" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="57"><emph>SP</emph> is the probability of the success of an attempt.</paragraph> 212<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149539" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 213oldref="58">Example</paragraph> 214<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148770" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="59"> 215<item type="input">=NEGBINOMDIST(1;1;0.5)</item> returns 0.25.</paragraph> 216</section> 217<section id="norminv"> 218<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155516"><bookmark_value>NORMINV function</bookmark_value> 219<bookmark_value>normal distribution;inverse of</bookmark_value> 220</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 221<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMINV" id="bm_id3149396" localize="false"/> 222<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155516" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 223oldref="61">NORMINV</paragraph> 224<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154634" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="62"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_NORMINV">Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 225<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153227" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 226oldref="63">Syntax</paragraph> 227<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147534" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="64">NORMINV(Number; Mean; StDev)</paragraph> 228<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154950" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="65"><emph>Number</emph> represents the probability value used to determine the inverse normal distribution.</paragraph> 229<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150690" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="66"><emph>Mean</emph> represents the mean value in the normal distribution.</paragraph> 230<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148594" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="67"><emph>StDev</emph> represents the standard deviation of the normal distribution.</paragraph> 231<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155822" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 232oldref="68">Example</paragraph> 233<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153921" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="69"> 234<item type="input">=NORMINV(0.9;63;5)</item> returns 69.41. If the average egg weighs 63 grams with a standard deviation of 5, then there will be 90% probability that the egg will not be heavier than 69.41g grams.</paragraph> 235</section> 236<section id="normdist"> 237<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153722"><bookmark_value>NORMDIST function</bookmark_value> 238<bookmark_value>density function</bookmark_value> 239</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 240<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMVERT" id="bm_id3147484" localize="false"/> 241<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153722" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 242oldref="71">NORMDIST</paragraph> 243<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150386" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="72"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_NORMVERT">Returns the density function or the normal cumulative distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 244<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3083282" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 245oldref="73">Syntax</paragraph> 246<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150613" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="74">NORMDIST(Number; Mean; StDev; C)</paragraph> 247<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149820" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="75"><emph>Number</emph> is the value of the distribution based on which the normal distribution is to be calculated.</paragraph> 248<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146063" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="76"><emph>Mean</emph> is the mean value of the distribution.</paragraph> 249<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156295" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="77"><emph>StDev</emph> is the standard deviation of the distribution.</paragraph> 250<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145080" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="78"><emph>C</emph> is optional. <emph>C</emph> = 0 calculates the density function, <emph>C</emph> = 1 calculates the distribution.</paragraph> 251<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152972" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 252oldref="79">Example</paragraph> 253<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149283" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="80"> 254<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;0)</item> returns 0.03.</paragraph> 255<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149448" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="81"> 256<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;1)</item> returns 0.92.</paragraph> 257</section> 258<section id="pearson"> 259<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152934"><bookmark_value>PEARSON function</bookmark_value> 260</bookmark> 261<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PEARSON" id="bm_id3156103" localize="false"/> 262<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152934" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 263oldref="83">PEARSON</paragraph> 264<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153216" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="84"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_PEARSON">Returns the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient r.</ahelp></paragraph> 265<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147081" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 266oldref="85">Syntax</paragraph> 267<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156133" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="86">PEARSON(Data1; Data2)</paragraph> 268<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151272" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="87"><emph>Data1</emph> represents the array of the first data set.</paragraph> 269<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153279" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="88"><emph>Data2</emph> represents the array of the second data set.</paragraph> 270<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147567" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 271oldref="89">Example</paragraph> 272<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151187" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="90"> 273<item type="input">=PEARSON(A1:A30;B1:B30)</item> returns the Pearson correlation coefficient of both data sets.</paragraph> 274</section> 275<section id="phi"> 276<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152806"><bookmark_value>PHI function</bookmark_value> 277</bookmark> 278<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PHI" id="bm_id3153757" localize="false"/> 279<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152806" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 280oldref="92">PHI</paragraph> 281<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150254" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="93"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_PHI">Returns the values of the distribution function for a standard normal distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 282<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154748" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 283oldref="94">Syntax</paragraph> 284<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149976" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="95">PHI(Number)</paragraph> 285<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156108" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="96"><emph>Number</emph> represents the value based on which the standard normal distribution is calculated.</paragraph> 286<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153621" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 287oldref="97">Example</paragraph> 288<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155849" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="98"> 289<item type="input">=PHI(2.25) </item>= 0.03</paragraph> 290<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143236" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="99"> 291<item type="input">=PHI(-2.25)</item> = 0.03</paragraph> 292<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149286" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="100"> 293<item type="input">=PHI(0)</item> = 0.4</paragraph> 294</section> 295<section id="poisson"> 296<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153985"><bookmark_value>POISSON function</bookmark_value> 297</bookmark> 298<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_POISSON" id="bm_id3156011" localize="false"/> 299<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153985" role="heading" level="2" oldref="102">POISSON</paragraph> 300<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154298" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="103"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_POISSON">Returns the Poisson distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 301<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159183" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 302oldref="104">Syntax</paragraph> 303<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146093" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="105">POISSON(Number; Mean; C)</paragraph> 304<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147253" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="106"><emph>Number</emph> represents the value based on which the Poisson distribution is calculated.</paragraph> 305<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151177" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="107"><emph>Mean</emph> represents the middle value of the Poisson distribution.</paragraph> 306<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149200" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="108"><emph>C</emph> (optional) = 0 or False calculates the density function; <emph>C</emph> = 1 or True calculates the distribution. When omitted, the default value True is inserted when you save the document, for best compatibility with other programs and older versions of %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph> 307<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159347" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 308oldref="109">Example</paragraph> 309<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150113" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="110"> 310<item type="input">=POISSON(60;50;1)</item> returns 0.93.</paragraph> 311</section> 312<section id="percentile"> 313<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153100"><bookmark_value>PERCENTILE function</bookmark_value> 314</bookmark> 315<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTIL" id="bm_id3155394" localize="false"/> 316<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153100" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 317oldref="112">PERCENTILE</paragraph> 318<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154940" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="113"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_QUANTIL">Returns the alpha-percentile of data values in an array.</ahelp> A percentile returns the scale value for a data series which goes from the smallest (Alpha=0) to the largest value (alpha=1) of a data series. For <item type="literal">Alpha</item> = 25%, the percentile means the first quartile; <item type="literal">Alpha</item> = 50% is the MEDIAN.</paragraph> 319<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150531" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 320oldref="114">Syntax</paragraph> 321<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148813" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="115">PERCENTILE(Data; Alpha)</paragraph> 322<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153054" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="116"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data.</paragraph> 323<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154212" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="117"><emph>Alpha</emph> represents the percentage of the scale between 0 and 1.</paragraph> 324<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 325oldref="118">Example</paragraph> 326<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159147" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="119"> 327<item type="input">=PERCENTILE(A1:A50;0.1)</item> represents the value in the data set, which equals 10% of the total data scale in A1:A50.</paragraph> 328</section> 329<section id="percentrank"> 330<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148807"><bookmark_value>PERCENTRANK function</bookmark_value> 331</bookmark> 332<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTILSRANG" id="bm_id3154902" localize="false"/> 333<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148807" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 334oldref="121">PERCENTRANK</paragraph> 335<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153573" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="122"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_QUANTILSRANG">Returns the percentage rank of a value in a sample.</ahelp></paragraph> 336<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147512" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 337oldref="123">Syntax</paragraph> 338<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147238" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="124">PERCENTRANK(Data; Value)</paragraph> 339<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154266" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="125"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data in the sample.</paragraph> 340<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148475" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="126"><emph>Value</emph> represents the value whose percentile rank must be determined.</paragraph> 341<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155364" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 342oldref="127">Example</paragraph> 343<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149163" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="128"> 344<item type="input">=PERCENTRANK(A1:A50;50)</item> returns the percentage rank of the value 50 from the total range of all values found in A1:A50. If 50 falls outside the total range, an error message will appear.</paragraph> 345</section> 346<section id="quartile"> 347<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166442"><bookmark_value>QUARTILE function</bookmark_value> 348</bookmark> 349<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUARTILE" id="bm_id3150709" localize="false"/> 350<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166442" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 351oldref="130">QUARTILE</paragraph> 352<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146958" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="131"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_QUARTILE">Returns the quartile of a data set.</ahelp></paragraph> 353<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152942" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 354oldref="132">Syntax</paragraph> 355<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153684" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="133">QUARTILE(Data; Type)</paragraph> 356<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153387" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="134"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data in the sample.</paragraph> 357<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155589" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="135"><emph>Type</emph> represents the type of quartile. (0 = MIN, 1 = 25%, 2 = 50% (MEDIAN), 3 = 75% and 4 = MAX.)</paragraph> 358<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149103" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 359oldref="136">Example</paragraph> 360<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159276" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="137"> 361<item type="input">=QUARTILE(A1:A50;2)</item> returns the value of which 50% of the scale corresponds to the lowest to highest values in the range A1:A50.</paragraph> 362</section> 363</sort> 364<section id="relatedtopics"> 365<embed href="text/scalc/01/04060100.xhp#drking"/> 366</section> 367</body> 368</helpdocument>