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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> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154256" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Syntax</paragraph> 46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147340" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="5">MAX(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 47<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> 48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153963" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example</paragraph> 49<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147343" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="8"> 50<item type="input">=MAX(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148485" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="9"> 52<item type="input">=MAX(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 53</section> 54<section id="maxa"> 55<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166426"><bookmark_value>MAXA function</bookmark_value> 56</bookmark> 57<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MAXA" id="bm_id3150304" localize="false"/> 58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166426" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 59oldref="139">MAXA</paragraph> 60<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> 61<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> 62<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150516" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 63oldref="141">Syntax</paragraph> 64<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166431" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="142">MAXA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 65<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> 66<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 67oldref="144">Example</paragraph> 68<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156446" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="145"> 69<item type="input">=MAXA(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200;"Text")</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 70<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149404" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="146"> 71<item type="input">=MAXA(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 72</section> 73<section id="median"> 74<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153820"><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"><bookmark_value>MIN function</bookmark_value> 91</bookmark> 92<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MIN" id="bm_id3159226" localize="false"/> 93<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154541" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 94oldref="19">MIN</paragraph> 95<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> 96<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> 97<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154651" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 98oldref="21">Syntax</paragraph> 99<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146964" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="22">MIN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 100<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> 101<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155523" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 102oldref="24">Example</paragraph> 103<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154734" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="25"> 104<item type="input">=MIN(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 105</section> 106<section id="mina"> 107<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147504"><bookmark_value>MINA function</bookmark_value> 108</bookmark> 109<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MINA" id="bm_id3155752" localize="false"/> 110<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147504" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 111oldref="148">MINA</paragraph> 112<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> 113<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> 114<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150435" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 115oldref="150">Syntax</paragraph> 116<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153336" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="151">MINA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 117<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> 118<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148743" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 119oldref="153">Example</paragraph> 120<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147401" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="154"> 121<item type="input">=MINA(1;"Text";20)</item> returns 0.</paragraph> 122<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147295" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="155"> 123<item type="input">=MINA(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 124</section> 125<section id="avedev"> 126<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166465"><bookmark_value>AVEDEV function</bookmark_value> 127<bookmark_value>averages;statistical functions</bookmark_value> 128</bookmark><comment>mw added "averages;"</comment> 129<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELABW" id="bm_id3156396" localize="false"/> 130<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166465" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="27">AVEDEV</paragraph> 131<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> 132<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150038" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="29">Syntax</paragraph> 133<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">AVEDEV(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 134<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> 135<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149725" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">Example</paragraph> 136<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153122" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33"> 137 <item type="input">=AVEDEV(A1:A50)</item> 138 </paragraph> 139</section> 140<section id="average"> 141<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145824"><bookmark_value>AVERAGE function</bookmark_value> 142</bookmark> 143<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERT" id="bm_id3146878" localize="false"/> 144<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145824" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 145oldref="35">AVERAGE</paragraph> 146<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> 147<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146943" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 148oldref="37">Syntax</paragraph> 149<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154679" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="38">AVERAGE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 150<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> 151<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153039" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 152oldref="40">Example</paragraph> 153<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151232" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="41"> 154<item type="input">=AVERAGE(A1:A50)</item> 155</paragraph> 156</section> 157<section id="averagea"> 158<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754"><bookmark_value>AVERAGEA function</bookmark_value> 159</bookmark> 160<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTA" id="bm_id3149690" localize="false"/> 161<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 162oldref="157">AVERAGEA</paragraph> 163<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> 164<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 165oldref="159">Syntax</paragraph> 166<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="160">AVERAGEA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 167<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> 168<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 169oldref="162">Example</paragraph> 170<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="163"> 171<item type="input">=AVERAGEA(A1:A50)</item> 172</paragraph> 173</section> 174<section id="mode"> 175<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153933"><bookmark_value>MODE function</bookmark_value> 176<bookmark_value>most common value</bookmark_value> 177</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 178<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MODALWERT" id="bm_id3149253" localize="false"/> 179<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153933" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 180oldref="43">MODE</paragraph> 181<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> 182<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153003" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 183oldref="45">Syntax</paragraph> 184<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155950" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="46">MODE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 185<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> 186<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153571" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 187oldref="48">Example</paragraph> 188<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153733" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="49"> 189<item type="input">=MODE(A1:A50)</item> 190</paragraph> 191</section> 192<section id="negbinomdist"> 193<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149879"><bookmark_value>NEGBINOMDIST function</bookmark_value> 194<bookmark_value>negative binomial distribution</bookmark_value> 195</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 196<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NEGBINOMVERT" id="bm_id3159135" localize="false"/> 197<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149879" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 198oldref="51">NEGBINOMDIST</paragraph> 199<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> 200<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145351" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 201oldref="53">Syntax</paragraph> 202<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150935" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="54">NEGBINOMDIST(X; R; SP)</paragraph> 203<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> 204<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> 205<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> 206<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149539" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 207oldref="58">Example</paragraph> 208<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148770" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="59"> 209<item type="input">=NEGBINOMDIST(1;1;0.5)</item> returns 0.25.</paragraph> 210</section> 211<section id="norminv"> 212<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155516"><bookmark_value>NORMINV function</bookmark_value> 213<bookmark_value>normal distribution;inverse of</bookmark_value> 214</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 215<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMINV" id="bm_id3149396" localize="false"/> 216<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155516" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 217oldref="61">NORMINV</paragraph> 218<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> 219<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153227" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 220oldref="63">Syntax</paragraph> 221<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147534" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="64">NORMINV(Number; Mean; StDev)</paragraph> 222<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> 223<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> 224<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> 225<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155822" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 226oldref="68">Example</paragraph> 227<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153921" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="69"> 228<item type="input">=NORMINV(0.9;63;5)</item> returns 69.41. If the average egg weighs 63 grams with a standard deviation of 5, then there will be 90% probability that the egg will not be heavier than 69.41g grams.</paragraph> 229</section> 230<section id="normdist"> 231<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153722"><bookmark_value>NORMDIST function</bookmark_value> 232<bookmark_value>density function</bookmark_value> 233</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 234<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMVERT" id="bm_id3147484" localize="false"/> 235<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153722" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 236oldref="71">NORMDIST</paragraph> 237<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> 238<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3083282" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 239oldref="73">Syntax</paragraph> 240<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150613" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="74">NORMDIST(Number; Mean; StDev; C)</paragraph> 241<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> 242<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> 243<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> 244<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> 245<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152972" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 246oldref="79">Example</paragraph> 247<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149283" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="80"> 248<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;0)</item> returns 0.03.</paragraph> 249<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149448" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="81"> 250<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;1)</item> returns 0.92.</paragraph> 251</section> 252<section id="pearson"> 253<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152934"><bookmark_value>PEARSON function</bookmark_value> 254</bookmark> 255<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PEARSON" id="bm_id3156103" localize="false"/> 256<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152934" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 257oldref="83">PEARSON</paragraph> 258<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> 259<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147081" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 260oldref="85">Syntax</paragraph> 261<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156133" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="86">PEARSON(Data1; Data2)</paragraph> 262<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> 263<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> 264<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147567" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 265oldref="89">Example</paragraph> 266<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151187" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="90"> 267<item type="input">=PEARSON(A1:A30;B1:B30)</item> returns the Pearson correlation coefficient of both data sets.</paragraph> 268</section> 269<section id="phi"> 270<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152806"><bookmark_value>PHI function</bookmark_value> 271</bookmark> 272<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PHI" id="bm_id3153757" localize="false"/> 273<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152806" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 274oldref="92">PHI</paragraph> 275<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> 276<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154748" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 277oldref="94">Syntax</paragraph> 278<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149976" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="95">PHI(Number)</paragraph> 279<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> 280<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153621" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 281oldref="97">Example</paragraph> 282<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155849" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="98"> 283<item type="input">=PHI(2.25) </item>= 0.03</paragraph> 284<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143236" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="99"> 285<item type="input">=PHI(-2.25)</item> = 0.03</paragraph> 286<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149286" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="100"> 287<item type="input">=PHI(0)</item> = 0.4</paragraph> 288</section> 289<section id="poisson"> 290<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153985"><bookmark_value>POISSON function</bookmark_value> 291</bookmark> 292<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_POISSON" id="bm_id3156011" localize="false"/> 293<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153985" role="heading" level="2" oldref="102">POISSON</paragraph> 294<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> 295<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159183" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 296oldref="104">Syntax</paragraph> 297<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146093" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="105">POISSON(Number; Mean; C)</paragraph> 298<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> 299<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> 300<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> 301<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159347" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 302oldref="109">Example</paragraph> 303<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150113" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="110"> 304<item type="input">=POISSON(60;50;1)</item> returns 0.93.</paragraph> 305</section> 306<section id="percentile"> 307<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153100"><bookmark_value>PERCENTILE function</bookmark_value> 308</bookmark> 309<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTIL" id="bm_id3155394" localize="false"/> 310<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153100" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 311oldref="112">PERCENTILE</paragraph> 312<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> 313<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150531" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 314oldref="114">Syntax</paragraph> 315<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148813" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="115">PERCENTILE(Data; Alpha)</paragraph> 316<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153054" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="116"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data.</paragraph> 317<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> 318<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 319oldref="118">Example</paragraph> 320<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159147" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="119"> 321<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> 322</section> 323<section id="percentrank"> 324<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148807"><bookmark_value>PERCENTRANK function</bookmark_value> 325</bookmark> 326<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTILSRANG" id="bm_id3154902" localize="false"/> 327<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148807" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 328oldref="121">PERCENTRANK</paragraph> 329<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> 330<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147512" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 331oldref="123">Syntax</paragraph> 332<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147238" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="124">PERCENTRANK(Data; Value)</paragraph> 333<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> 334<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> 335<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155364" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 336oldref="127">Example</paragraph> 337<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149163" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="128"> 338<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> 339</section> 340<section id="quartile"> 341<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166442"><bookmark_value>QUARTILE function</bookmark_value> 342</bookmark> 343<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUARTILE" id="bm_id3150709" localize="false"/> 344<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166442" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 345oldref="130">QUARTILE</paragraph> 346<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> 347<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152942" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 348oldref="132">Syntax</paragraph> 349<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153684" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="133">QUARTILE(Data; Type)</paragraph> 350<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> 351<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> 352<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149103" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 353oldref="136">Example</paragraph> 354<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159276" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="137"> 355<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> 356</section> 357</sort> 358<section id="relatedtopics"> 359<embed href="text/scalc/01/04060100.xhp#drking"/> 360</section> 361</body> 362</helpdocument>