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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> 43<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154256" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Syntax</paragraph> 44<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147340" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="5">MAX(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 45<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> 46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153963" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example</paragraph> 47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147343" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="8"> 48<item type="input">=MAX(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 49<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148485" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="9"> 50<item type="input">=MAX(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 51</section> 52<section id="maxa"> 53<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166426"> 54<bookmark_value>MAXA function</bookmark_value> 55</bookmark> 56<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MAXA" id="bm_id3150304" localize="false"/> 57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166426" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 58oldref="139">MAXA</paragraph> 59<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> 60<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> 61<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150516" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 62oldref="141">Syntax</paragraph> 63<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166431" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="142">MAXA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 64<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> 65<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 66oldref="144">Example</paragraph> 67<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156446" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="145"> 68<item type="input">=MAXA(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200;"Text")</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 69<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149404" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="146"> 70<item type="input">=MAXA(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 71</section> 72<section id="median"> 73<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153820"> 74<bookmark_value>MEDIAN function</bookmark_value> 75</bookmark> 76<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MEDIAN" id="bm_id3153069" localize="false"/> 77<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153820" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 78oldref="11">MEDIAN</paragraph> 79<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> 80<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148871" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 81oldref="13">Syntax</paragraph> 82<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155264" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="14">MEDIAN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 83<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> 84<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3144506" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 85oldref="16">Example</paragraph> 86<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> 87<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> 88</section> 89<section id="min"> 90<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154541"> 91<bookmark_value>MIN function</bookmark_value> 92</bookmark> 93<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MIN" id="bm_id3159226" localize="false"/> 94<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154541" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 95oldref="19">MIN</paragraph> 96<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> 97<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> 98<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154651" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 99oldref="21">Syntax</paragraph> 100<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146964" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="22">MIN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 101<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> 102<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155523" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 103oldref="24">Example</paragraph> 104<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154734" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="25"> 105<item type="input">=MIN(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 106</section> 107<section id="mina"> 108<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147504"> 109<bookmark_value>MINA function</bookmark_value> 110</bookmark> 111<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MINA" id="bm_id3155752" localize="false"/> 112<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147504" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 113oldref="148">MINA</paragraph> 114<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> 115<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> 116<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150435" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 117oldref="150">Syntax</paragraph> 118<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153336" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="151">MINA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 119<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> 120<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148743" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 121oldref="153">Example</paragraph> 122<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147401" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="154"> 123<item type="input">=MINA(1;"Text";20)</item> returns 0.</paragraph> 124<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147295" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="155"> 125<item type="input">=MINA(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 126</section> 127<section id="avedev"> 128<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166465"> 129<bookmark_value>AVEDEV function</bookmark_value> 130<bookmark_value>averages;statistical functions</bookmark_value> 131</bookmark><comment>mw added "averages;"</comment> 132<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELABW" id="bm_id3156396" localize="false"/> 133<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166465" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="27">AVEDEV</paragraph> 134<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> 135<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150038" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="29">Syntax</paragraph> 136<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">AVEDEV(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 137<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> 138<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149725" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">Example</paragraph> 139<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153122" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33"> 140<item type="input">=AVEDEV(A1:A50)</item> 141</paragraph> 142</section> 143<section id="average"> 144<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145824"> 145<bookmark_value>AVERAGE function</bookmark_value> 146</bookmark> 147<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERT" id="bm_id3146878" localize="false"/> 148<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145824" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 149oldref="35">AVERAGE</paragraph> 150<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> 151<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146943" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 152oldref="37">Syntax</paragraph> 153<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154679" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="38">AVERAGE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 154<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> 155<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153039" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 156oldref="40">Example</paragraph> 157<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151232" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="41"> 158<item type="input">=AVERAGE(A1:A50)</item> 159</paragraph> 160</section> 161<section id="averagea"> 162<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754"> 163<bookmark_value>AVERAGEA function</bookmark_value> 164</bookmark> 165<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTA" id="bm_id3149690" localize="false"/> 166<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 167oldref="157">AVERAGEA</paragraph> 168<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> 169<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 170oldref="159">Syntax</paragraph> 171<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="160">AVERAGEA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 172<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> 173<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 174oldref="162">Example</paragraph> 175<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="163"> 176<item type="input">=AVERAGEA(A1:A50)</item> 177</paragraph> 178</section> 179<section id="averageif"> 180<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754K1"> 181<bookmark_value>AVERAGEIF function</bookmark_value> 182</bookmark> 183<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTB" id="bm_id3149690K1" localize="false"/> 184<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754K1" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 185oldref="157">AVERAGEIF</paragraph><comment>kschenk added this entry </comment> 186<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145138K1" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTB">Average the values of cells in a range that meet a criteria.</ahelp></paragraph> 187<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326K1" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 188oldref="159">Syntax</paragraph> 189<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734K1" role="code" l10n="U" >AVERAGEIF( Reference R ; Criterion C [ ; Reference A ] )</paragraph> 190<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155260K1" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" > If reference A is omitted, averages the values of cells in the reference range R that meet the Criterion C. If reference A is given, averages the values of cells of a range that is constructed using the top left cell of reference A and applying the dimensions, shape and size, of reference R. Does not accept constant values as reference parameters.</paragraph> 191<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145139K1" role="paragraph" l10n="U" >If no cell in range R matches the Criterion C, an Error is returned. If no Numbers are in the range to be averaged, an Error is returned.</paragraph> 192<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504K1" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 193oldref="162">Examples</paragraph> 194<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864K1" role="paragraph" l10n="U"> 195<item type="input">=AVERAGEIF(A1:A50;">"0)</item> will return the average of A1:A50 of all positive values in the range. 196</paragraph> 197</section> 198<section id="averageifs"> 199<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754K2"> 200<bookmark_value>AVERAGEIFS function</bookmark_value> 201</bookmark> 202<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTC" id="bm_id3149690K2" localize="false"/> 203<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754K2" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 204oldref="157">AVERAGEIFS</paragraph><comment>kschenk added this entry </comment> 205<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145138K2" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTC">Average the values of cells that meet multiple criteria in multiple ranges.</ahelp></paragraph> 206<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326K2" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 207oldref="159">Syntax</paragraph> 208<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734K2" role="code" l10n="U" >AVERAGEIFS( Reference A ; Reference R1 ; Criterion C1 [ ; Reference R2 ; Criterion C2 ]... )</paragraph> 209<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155260K2" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" >Averages the values of cells in the reference range A that meet the Criterion C1 in the reference range R1 and the Criterion C2 in the reference range R2, and so on.</paragraph> 210<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145139K2" role="paragraph" l10n="U" >All reference ranges shall have the same dimension and size, else an Error is returned. A logical AND is applied between each array result of each selection; a cell of reference range A is evaluated only if the same position in each array is the result of a Criterion match. If no numbers are in the result set to be averaged, an Error is returned.</paragraph> 211<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504K2" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 212oldref="162">Example</paragraph> 213<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864K2" role="paragraph" l10n="U"> 214<item type="input">=AVERAGEIFS(A1:A50;B1:B25;">"0)</item> will return the average of A1:A50 if all cells in the range B1 to B25 are greater than 0. 215</paragraph> 216</section> 217<section id="mode"> 218<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153933"> 219<bookmark_value>MODE function</bookmark_value> 220<bookmark_value>most common value</bookmark_value> 221</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 222<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MODALWERT" id="bm_id3149253" localize="false"/> 223<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153933" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 224oldref="43">MODE</paragraph> 225<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> 226<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153003" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 227oldref="45">Syntax</paragraph> 228<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155950" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="46">MODE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 229<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> 230<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153571" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 231oldref="48">Example</paragraph> 232<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153733" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="49"> 233<item type="input">=MODE(A1:A50)</item> 234</paragraph> 235</section> 236<section id="negbinomdist"> 237<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149879"> 238<bookmark_value>NEGBINOMDIST function</bookmark_value> 239<bookmark_value>negative binomial distribution</bookmark_value> 240</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 241<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NEGBINOMVERT" id="bm_id3159135" localize="false"/> 242<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149879" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 243oldref="51">NEGBINOMDIST</paragraph> 244<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> 245<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145351" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 246oldref="53">Syntax</paragraph> 247<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150935" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="54">NEGBINOMDIST(X; R; SP)</paragraph> 248<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> 249<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> 250<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> 251<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149539" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 252oldref="58">Example</paragraph> 253<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148770" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="59"> 254<item type="input">=NEGBINOMDIST(1;1;0.5)</item> returns 0.25.</paragraph> 255</section> 256<section id="norminv"> 257<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155516"> 258<bookmark_value>NORMINV function</bookmark_value> 259<bookmark_value>normal distribution;inverse of</bookmark_value> 260</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 261<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMINV" id="bm_id3149396" localize="false"/> 262<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155516" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 263oldref="61">NORMINV</paragraph> 264<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> 265<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153227" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 266oldref="63">Syntax</paragraph> 267<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147534" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="64">NORMINV(Number; Mean; StDev)</paragraph> 268<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> 269<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> 270<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> 271<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155822" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 272oldref="68">Example</paragraph> 273<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153921" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="69"> 274<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 69.41 grams.</paragraph> 275</section> 276<section id="normdist"> 277<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153722"> 278<bookmark_value>NORMDIST function</bookmark_value> 279<bookmark_value>density function</bookmark_value> 280</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 281<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMVERT" id="bm_id3147484" localize="false"/> 282<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153722" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 283oldref="71">NORMDIST</paragraph> 284<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> 285<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3083282" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 286oldref="73">Syntax</paragraph> 287<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150613" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="74">NORMDIST(Number; Mean; StDev; C)</paragraph> 288<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> 289<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> 290<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> 291<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> 292<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152972" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 293oldref="79">Example</paragraph> 294<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149283" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="80"> 295<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;0)</item> returns 0.03.</paragraph> 296<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149448" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="81"> 297<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;1)</item> returns 0.92.</paragraph> 298</section> 299<section id="pearson"> 300<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152934"> 301<bookmark_value>PEARSON function</bookmark_value> 302</bookmark> 303<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PEARSON" id="bm_id3156103" localize="false"/> 304<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152934" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 305oldref="83">PEARSON</paragraph> 306<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> 307<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147081" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 308oldref="85">Syntax</paragraph> 309<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156133" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="86">PEARSON(Data1; Data2)</paragraph> 310<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> 311<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> 312<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147567" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 313oldref="89">Example</paragraph> 314<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151187" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="90"> 315<item type="input">=PEARSON(A1:A30;B1:B30)</item> returns the Pearson correlation coefficient of both data sets.</paragraph> 316</section> 317<section id="phi"> 318<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152806"> 319<bookmark_value>PHI function</bookmark_value> 320</bookmark> 321<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PHI" id="bm_id3153757" localize="false"/> 322<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152806" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 323oldref="92">PHI</paragraph> 324<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> 325<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154748" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 326oldref="94">Syntax</paragraph> 327<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149976" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="95">PHI(Number)</paragraph> 328<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> 329<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153621" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 330oldref="97">Example</paragraph> 331<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155849" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="98"> 332<item type="input">=PHI(2.25) </item>= 0.03</paragraph> 333<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143236" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="99"> 334<item type="input">=PHI(-2.25)</item> = 0.03</paragraph> 335<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149286" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="100"> 336<item type="input">=PHI(0)</item> = 0.4</paragraph> 337</section> 338<section id="poisson"> 339<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153985"> 340<bookmark_value>POISSON function</bookmark_value> 341</bookmark> 342<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_POISSON" id="bm_id3156011" localize="false"/> 343<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153985" role="heading" level="2" oldref="102">POISSON</paragraph> 344<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> 345<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159183" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 346oldref="104">Syntax</paragraph> 347<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146093" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="105">POISSON(Number; Mean; C)</paragraph> 348<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> 349<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> 350<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> 351<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159347" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 352oldref="109">Example</paragraph> 353<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150113" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="110"> 354<item type="input">=POISSON(60;50;1)</item> returns 0.93.</paragraph> 355</section> 356<section id="percentile"> 357<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153100"> 358<bookmark_value>PERCENTILE function</bookmark_value> 359</bookmark> 360<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTIL" id="bm_id3155394" localize="false"/> 361<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153100" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 362oldref="112">PERCENTILE</paragraph> 363<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> 364<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150531" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 365oldref="114">Syntax</paragraph> 366<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148813" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="115">PERCENTILE(Data; Alpha)</paragraph> 367<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153054" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="116"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data.</paragraph> 368<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> 369<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 370oldref="118">Example</paragraph> 371<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159147" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="119"> 372<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> 373</section> 374<section id="percentrank"> 375<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148807"> 376<bookmark_value>PERCENTRANK function</bookmark_value> 377</bookmark> 378<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTILSRANG" id="bm_id3154902" localize="false"/> 379<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148807" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 380oldref="121">PERCENTRANK</paragraph> 381<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> 382<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147512" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 383oldref="123">Syntax</paragraph> 384<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147238" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="124">PERCENTRANK(Data; Value)</paragraph> 385<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> 386<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> 387<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155364" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 388oldref="127">Example</paragraph> 389<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149163" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="128"> 390<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> 391</section> 392<section id="quartile"> 393<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166442"> 394<bookmark_value>QUARTILE function</bookmark_value> 395</bookmark> 396<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUARTILE" id="bm_id3150709" localize="false"/> 397<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166442" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 398oldref="130">QUARTILE</paragraph> 399<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> 400<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152942" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 401oldref="132">Syntax</paragraph> 402<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153684" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="133">QUARTILE(Data; Type)</paragraph> 403<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> 404<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> 405<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149103" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 406oldref="136">Example</paragraph> 407<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159276" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="137"> 408<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> 409</section> 410</sort> 411<section id="relatedtopics"> 412<embed href="text/scalc/01/04060100.xhp#drking"/> 413</section> 414</body> 415</helpdocument> 416