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27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Statistical Functions Part Four</title>
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31<body>
32<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153415" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="mq"><link href="text/scalc/01/04060184.xhp" name="Statistical Functions Part Four">Statistical Functions Part Four</link>
33</variable></paragraph>
34<sort order="asc">
35<section id="max">
36<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154511">
37<bookmark_value>MAX function</bookmark_value>
38</bookmark>
39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MAX" id="bm_id3146972" localize="false"/>
40<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154511" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">MAX</paragraph>
41<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153709" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MAX">Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments.</ahelp></paragraph>
42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9282509" 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>
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;"&gt;"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;"&gt;"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"/>
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336</body>
337</helpdocument>
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