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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">Syntax</paragraph> 44<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147340" role="code" l10n="U">MAX(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149568" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><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">Example</paragraph> 47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147343" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=MAX(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148485" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=MAX(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 49</section> 50<section id="maxa"> 51<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166426"> 52<bookmark_value>MAXA function</bookmark_value> 53</bookmark> 54<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MAXA" id="bm_id3150304" localize="false"/> 55<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166426" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">MAXA</paragraph> 56<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150363" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><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> 57<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> 58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150516" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 59<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166431" role="code" l10n="U">MAXA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 60<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150202" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><emph>Value1; Value2;...Value30</emph> are values or ranges. Text has the value of 0.</paragraph> 61<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 62<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156446" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=MAXA(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200;"Text")</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 63<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149404" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=MAXA(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 64</section> 65<section id="median"> 66<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153820"> 67<bookmark_value>MEDIAN function</bookmark_value> 68</bookmark> 69<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MEDIAN" id="bm_id3153069" localize="false"/> 70<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153820" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">MEDIAN</paragraph> 71<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151241" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><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> 72<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148871" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 73<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155264" role="code" l10n="U">MEDIAN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 74<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150109" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><emph>Number1; Number2;...Number30</emph> are values or ranges, which represent a sample. Each number can also be replaced by a reference.</paragraph> 75<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3144506" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 76<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145078" role="paragraph" l10n="U">for an odd number: <item type="input">=MEDIAN(1;5;9;20;21)</item> returns 9 as the median value.</paragraph> 77<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149126" role="paragraph" l10n="U">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> 78</section> 79<section id="min"> 80<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154541"> 81<bookmark_value>MIN function</bookmark_value> 82</bookmark> 83<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MIN" id="bm_id3159226" localize="false"/> 84<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154541" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">MIN</paragraph> 85<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143222" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MIN">Returns the minimum value in a list of arguments.</ahelp></paragraph> 86<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> 87<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154651" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 88<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146964" role="code" l10n="U">MIN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 89<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153486" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><emph>Number1; Number2;...Number30</emph> are numerical values or ranges.</paragraph> 90<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155523" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 91<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154734" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=MIN(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 92</section> 93<section id="mina"> 94<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147504"> 95<bookmark_value>MINA function</bookmark_value> 96</bookmark> 97<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MINA" id="bm_id3155752" localize="false"/> 98<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147504" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">MINA</paragraph> 99<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147249" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><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> 100<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> 101<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150435" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 102<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153336" role="code" l10n="U">MINA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 103<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146098" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><emph>Value1; Value2;...Value30</emph> are values or ranges. Text has the value of 0.</paragraph> 104<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148743" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 105<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147401" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=MINA(1;"Text";20)</item> returns 0.</paragraph> 106<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147295" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=MINA(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 107</section> 108<section id="avedev"> 109<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166465"> 110<bookmark_value>AVEDEV function</bookmark_value> 111<bookmark_value>averages;statistical functions</bookmark_value> 112</bookmark><comment>mw added "averages;"</comment> 113<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELABW" id="bm_id3156396" localize="false"/> 114<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166465" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">AVEDEV</paragraph> 115<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150373" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><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> 116<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150038" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 117<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">AVEDEV(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 118<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157871" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Number1, Number2,...Number30</emph> are values or ranges that represent a sample. Each number can also be replaced by a reference.</paragraph> 119<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149725" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 120<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153122" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><item type="input">=AVEDEV(A1:A50)</item> 121</paragraph> 122</section> 123<section id="average"> 124<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145824"> 125<bookmark_value>AVERAGE function</bookmark_value> 126</bookmark> 127<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERT" id="bm_id3146878" localize="false"/> 128<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145824" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">AVERAGE</paragraph> 129<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150482" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MITTELWERT">Returns the average of the arguments.</ahelp></paragraph> 130<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146943" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 131<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154679" role="code" l10n="U">AVERAGE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 132<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150741" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><emph>Number1; Number2;...Number 0</emph> are numerical values or ranges.</paragraph> 133<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153039" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 134<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151232" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=AVERAGE(A1:A50)</item> 135</paragraph> 136</section> 137<section id="averagea"> 138<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754"> 139<bookmark_value>AVERAGEA function</bookmark_value> 140</bookmark> 141<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTA" id="bm_id3149690" localize="false"/> 142<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">AVERAGEA</paragraph> 143<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145138" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTA">Returns the average of the arguments. The value of a text is 0.</ahelp></paragraph> 144<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 145<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734" role="code" l10n="U">AVERAGEA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 146<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155260" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><emph>Value1; Value2;...Value30</emph> are values or ranges. Text has the value of 0.</paragraph> 147<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 148<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=AVERAGEA(A1:A50)</item> 149</paragraph> 150</section> 151<section id="averageif"> 152<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754K1"> 153<bookmark_value>AVERAGEIF function</bookmark_value> 154</bookmark> 155<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTB" id="bm_id3149690K1" localize="false"/> 156<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754K1" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">AVERAGEIF</paragraph><comment>kschenk added this entry </comment> 157<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> 158<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326K1" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 159<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734K1" role="code" l10n="U">AVERAGEIF( Reference R ; Criterion C [ ; Reference A ] )</paragraph> 160<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> 161<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> 162<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504K1" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Examples</paragraph> 163<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864K1" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=AVERAGEIF(A1:A50;">"0)</item> will return the average of A1:A50 of all positive values in the range. 164</paragraph> 165</section> 166<section id="averageifs"> 167<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754K2"> 168<bookmark_value>AVERAGEIFS function</bookmark_value> 169</bookmark> 170<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTC" id="bm_id3149690K2" localize="false"/> 171<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754K2" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">AVERAGEIFS</paragraph><comment>kschenk added this entry </comment> 172<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> 173<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326K2" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 174<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734K2" role="code" l10n="U">AVERAGEIFS( Reference A ; Reference R1 ; Criterion C1 [ ; Reference R2 ; Criterion C2 ]... )</paragraph> 175<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> 176<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> 177<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504K2" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 178<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864K2" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><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. 179</paragraph> 180</section> 181<section id="mode"> 182<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153933"> 183<bookmark_value>MODE function</bookmark_value> 184<bookmark_value>most common value</bookmark_value> 185</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 186<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MODALWERT" id="bm_id3149253" localize="false"/> 187<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153933" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">MODE</paragraph> 188<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153085" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><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> 189<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153003" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 190<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155950" role="code" l10n="U">MODE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 191<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150337" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><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">Example</paragraph> 193<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153733" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=MODE(A1:A50)</item> 194</paragraph> 195</section> 196<section id="negbinomdist"> 197<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149879"> 198<bookmark_value>NEGBINOMDIST function</bookmark_value> 199<bookmark_value>negative binomial distribution</bookmark_value> 200</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 201<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NEGBINOMVERT" id="bm_id3159135" localize="false"/> 202<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149879" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">NEGBINOMDIST</paragraph> 203<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155437" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_NEGBINOMVERT">Returns the negative binomial distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 204<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145351" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 205<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150935" role="code" l10n="U">NEGBINOMDIST(X; R; SP)</paragraph> 206<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153044" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>X</emph> represents the value returned for unsuccessful tests.</paragraph> 207<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151018" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>R</emph> represents the value returned for successful tests.</paragraph> 208<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148878" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>SP</emph> is the probability of the success of an attempt.</paragraph> 209<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149539" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 210<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148770" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=NEGBINOMDIST(1;1;0.5)</item> returns 0.25.</paragraph> 211</section> 212<section id="norminv"> 213<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155516"> 214<bookmark_value>NORMINV function</bookmark_value> 215<bookmark_value>normal distribution;inverse of</bookmark_value> 216</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 217<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMINV" id="bm_id3149396" localize="false"/> 218<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155516" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">NORMINV</paragraph> 219<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154634" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_NORMINV">Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 220<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153227" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 221<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147534" role="code" l10n="U">NORMINV(Number; Mean; StDev)</paragraph> 222<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154950" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Number</emph> represents the probability value used to determine the inverse normal distribution.</paragraph> 223<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150690" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Mean</emph> represents the mean value in the normal distribution.</paragraph> 224<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148594" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>StDev</emph> represents the standard deviation of the normal distribution.</paragraph> 225<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155822" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 226<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153921" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><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> 227</section> 228<section id="normdist"> 229<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153722"> 230<bookmark_value>NORMDIST function</bookmark_value> 231<bookmark_value>density function</bookmark_value> 232</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 233<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMVERT" id="bm_id3147484" localize="false"/> 234<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153722" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">NORMDIST</paragraph> 235<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150386" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_NORMVERT">Returns the density function or the normal cumulative distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 236<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3083282" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 237<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150613" role="code" l10n="U">NORMDIST(Number; Mean; StDev; C)</paragraph> 238<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149820" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Number</emph> is the value of the distribution based on which the normal distribution is to be calculated.</paragraph> 239<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146063" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Mean</emph> is the mean value of the distribution.</paragraph> 240<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156295" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>StDev</emph> is the standard deviation of the distribution.</paragraph> 241<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145080" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>C</emph> is optional. <emph>C</emph> = 0 calculates the density function, <emph>C</emph> = 1 calculates the distribution.</paragraph> 242<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152972" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 243<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149283" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;0)</item> returns 0.03.</paragraph> 244<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149448" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;1)</item> returns 0.92.</paragraph> 245</section> 246<section id="pearson"> 247<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152934"> 248<bookmark_value>PEARSON function</bookmark_value> 249</bookmark> 250<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PEARSON" id="bm_id3156103" localize="false"/> 251<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152934" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">PEARSON</paragraph> 252<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153216" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_PEARSON">Returns the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient r.</ahelp></paragraph> 253<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147081" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 254<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156133" role="code" l10n="U">PEARSON(Data1; Data2)</paragraph> 255<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151272" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Data1</emph> represents the array of the first data set.</paragraph> 256<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153279" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Data2</emph> represents the array of the second data set.</paragraph> 257<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147567" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 258<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151187" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=PEARSON(A1:A30;B1:B30)</item> returns the Pearson correlation coefficient of both data sets.</paragraph> 259</section> 260<section id="phi"> 261<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152806"> 262<bookmark_value>PHI function</bookmark_value> 263</bookmark> 264<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PHI" id="bm_id3153757" localize="false"/> 265<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152806" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">PHI</paragraph> 266<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150254" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_PHI">Returns the values of the distribution function for a standard normal distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 267<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154748" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 268<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149976" role="code" l10n="U">PHI(Number)</paragraph> 269<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156108" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Number</emph> represents the value based on which the standard normal distribution is calculated.</paragraph> 270<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153621" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 271<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155849" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=PHI(2.25) </item>= 0.03</paragraph> 272<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143236" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=PHI(-2.25)</item> = 0.03</paragraph> 273<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149286" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=PHI(0)</item> = 0.4</paragraph> 274</section> 275<section id="poisson"> 276<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153985"> 277<bookmark_value>POISSON function</bookmark_value> 278</bookmark> 279<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_POISSON" id="bm_id3156011" localize="false"/> 280<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153985" role="heading" level="2">POISSON</paragraph> 281<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154298" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_POISSON">Returns the Poisson distribution.</ahelp></paragraph> 282<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159183" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 283<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146093" role="code" l10n="U">POISSON(Number; Mean; C)</paragraph> 284<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147253" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Number</emph> represents the value based on which the Poisson distribution is calculated.</paragraph> 285<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151177" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Mean</emph> represents the middle value of the Poisson distribution.</paragraph> 286<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149200" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><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> 287<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159347" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 288<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150113" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=POISSON(60;50;1)</item> returns 0.93.</paragraph> 289</section> 290<section id="percentile"> 291<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153100"> 292<bookmark_value>PERCENTILE function</bookmark_value> 293</bookmark> 294<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTIL" id="bm_id3155394" localize="false"/> 295<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153100" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">PERCENTILE</paragraph> 296<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154940" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><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> 297<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150531" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 298<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148813" role="code" l10n="U">PERCENTILE(Data; Alpha)</paragraph> 299<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153054" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data.</paragraph> 300<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154212" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Alpha</emph> represents the percentage of the scale between 0 and 1.</paragraph> 301<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 302<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159147" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><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> 303</section> 304<section id="percentrank"> 305<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148807"> 306<bookmark_value>PERCENTRANK function</bookmark_value> 307</bookmark> 308<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTILSRANG" id="bm_id3154902" localize="false"/> 309<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148807" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">PERCENTRANK</paragraph> 310<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153573" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_QUANTILSRANG">Returns the percentage rank of a value in a sample.</ahelp></paragraph> 311<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147512" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 312<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147238" role="code" l10n="U">PERCENTRANK(Data; Value)</paragraph> 313<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154266" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data in the sample.</paragraph> 314<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148475" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Value</emph> represents the value whose percentile rank must be determined.</paragraph> 315<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155364" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 316<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149163" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><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> 317</section> 318<section id="quartile"> 319<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166442"> 320<bookmark_value>QUARTILE function</bookmark_value> 321</bookmark> 322<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUARTILE" id="bm_id3150709" localize="false"/> 323<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166442" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">QUARTILE</paragraph> 324<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146958" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_QUARTILE">Returns the quartile of a data set.</ahelp></paragraph> 325<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152942" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 326<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153684" role="code" l10n="U">QUARTILE(Data; Type)</paragraph> 327<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153387" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data in the sample.</paragraph> 328<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155589" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><emph>Type</emph> represents the type of quartile. (0 = MIN, 1 = 25%, 2 = 50% (MEDIAN), 3 = 75% and 4 = MAX.)</paragraph> 329<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149103" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 330<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159276" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><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> 331</section> 332</sort> 333<section id="relatedtopics"> 334<embed href="text/scalc/01/04060100.xhp#drking"/> 335</section> 336</body> 337</helpdocument> 338