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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> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154256" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Syntax</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147340" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="5">MAX(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153963" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147343" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="8"> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=MAX(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148485" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="9"> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=MAX(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="maxa"> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166426"><bookmark_value>MAXA function</bookmark_value> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MAXA" id="bm_id3150304" localize="false"/> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166426" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 59cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="139">MAXA</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150516" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 63cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="141">Syntax</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166431" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="142">MAXA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 67cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="144">Example</paragraph> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156446" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="145"> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=MAXA(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200;"Text")</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149404" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="146"> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=MAXA(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="median"> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153820"><bookmark_value>MEDIAN function</bookmark_value> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MEDIAN" id="bm_id3153069" localize="false"/> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153820" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 78cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="11">MEDIAN</paragraph> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148871" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 81cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="13">Syntax</paragraph> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155264" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="14">MEDIAN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3144506" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 85cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="16">Example</paragraph> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="min"> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154541"><bookmark_value>MIN function</bookmark_value> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MIN" id="bm_id3159226" localize="false"/> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154541" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 94cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="19">MIN</paragraph> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154651" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 98cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="21">Syntax</paragraph> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146964" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="22">MIN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155523" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 102cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="24">Example</paragraph> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154734" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="25"> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=MIN(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="mina"> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147504"><bookmark_value>MINA function</bookmark_value> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MINA" id="bm_id3155752" localize="false"/> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147504" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 111cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="148">MINA</paragraph> 112cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150435" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 115cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="150">Syntax</paragraph> 116cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153336" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="151">MINA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 117cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 118cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148743" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 119cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="153">Example</paragraph> 120cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147401" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="154"> 121cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=MINA(1;"Text";20)</item> returns 0.</paragraph> 122cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147295" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="155"> 123cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=MINA(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 124cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 125cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="avedev"> 126cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166465"><bookmark_value>AVEDEV function</bookmark_value> 127cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>averages;statistical functions</bookmark_value> 128cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw added "averages;"</comment> 129cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELABW" id="bm_id3156396" localize="false"/> 130cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166465" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="27">AVEDEV</paragraph> 131cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 132cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150038" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="29">Syntax</paragraph> 133cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">AVEDEV(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 134cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 135cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149725" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">Example</paragraph> 136cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153122" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33"> 137cdf0e10cSrcweir <item type="input">=AVEDEV(A1:A50)</item> 138cdf0e10cSrcweir </paragraph> 139cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 140cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="average"> 141cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145824"><bookmark_value>AVERAGE function</bookmark_value> 142cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 143cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERT" id="bm_id3146878" localize="false"/> 144cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145824" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 145cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="35">AVERAGE</paragraph> 146cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 147cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146943" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 148cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="37">Syntax</paragraph> 149cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154679" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="38">AVERAGE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 150cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 151cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153039" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 152cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="40">Example</paragraph> 153cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151232" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="41"> 154cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=AVERAGE(A1:A50)</item> 155cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 156cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 157cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="averagea"> 158cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754"><bookmark_value>AVERAGEA function</bookmark_value> 159cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 160cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTA" id="bm_id3149690" localize="false"/> 161cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 162cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="157">AVERAGEA</paragraph> 163cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 164cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 165cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="159">Syntax</paragraph> 166cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="160">AVERAGEA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 167cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 168cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 169cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="162">Example</paragraph> 170cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="163"> 171cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=AVERAGEA(A1:A50)</item> 172cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 173cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 174cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="mode"> 175cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153933"><bookmark_value>MODE function</bookmark_value> 176cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>most common value</bookmark_value> 177cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 178cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MODALWERT" id="bm_id3149253" localize="false"/> 179cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153933" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 180cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="43">MODE</paragraph> 181cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 182cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153003" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 183cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="45">Syntax</paragraph> 184cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155950" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="46">MODE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 185cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 186cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153571" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 187cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="48">Example</paragraph> 188cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153733" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="49"> 189cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=MODE(A1:A50)</item> 190cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 191cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 192cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="negbinomdist"> 193cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149879"><bookmark_value>NEGBINOMDIST function</bookmark_value> 194cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>negative binomial distribution</bookmark_value> 195cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 196cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NEGBINOMVERT" id="bm_id3159135" localize="false"/> 197cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149879" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 198cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="51">NEGBINOMDIST</paragraph> 199cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 200cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145351" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 201cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="53">Syntax</paragraph> 202cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150935" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="54">NEGBINOMDIST(X; R; SP)</paragraph> 203cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 204cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 205cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 206cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149539" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 207cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="58">Example</paragraph> 208cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148770" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="59"> 209cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=NEGBINOMDIST(1;1;0.5)</item> returns 0.25.</paragraph> 210cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 211cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="norminv"> 212cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155516"><bookmark_value>NORMINV function</bookmark_value> 213cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>normal distribution;inverse of</bookmark_value> 214cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 215cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMINV" id="bm_id3149396" localize="false"/> 216cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155516" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 217cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="61">NORMINV</paragraph> 218cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 219cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153227" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 220cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="63">Syntax</paragraph> 221cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147534" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="64">NORMINV(Number; Mean; StDev)</paragraph> 222cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 223cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 224cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 225cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155822" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 226cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="68">Example</paragraph> 227cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153921" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="69"> 228cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 229cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 230cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="normdist"> 231cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153722"><bookmark_value>NORMDIST function</bookmark_value> 232cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>density function</bookmark_value> 233cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 234cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMVERT" id="bm_id3147484" localize="false"/> 235cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153722" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 236cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="71">NORMDIST</paragraph> 237cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 238cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3083282" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 239cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="73">Syntax</paragraph> 240cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150613" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="74">NORMDIST(Number; Mean; StDev; C)</paragraph> 241cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 242cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 243cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 244cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 245cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152972" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 246cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="79">Example</paragraph> 247cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149283" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="80"> 248cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;0)</item> returns 0.03.</paragraph> 249cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149448" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="81"> 250cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;1)</item> returns 0.92.</paragraph> 251cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 252cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="pearson"> 253cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152934"><bookmark_value>PEARSON function</bookmark_value> 254cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 255cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PEARSON" id="bm_id3156103" localize="false"/> 256cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152934" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 257cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="83">PEARSON</paragraph> 258cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 259cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147081" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 260cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="85">Syntax</paragraph> 261cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156133" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="86">PEARSON(Data1; Data2)</paragraph> 262cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 263cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 264cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147567" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 265cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="89">Example</paragraph> 266cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151187" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="90"> 267cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=PEARSON(A1:A30;B1:B30)</item> returns the Pearson correlation coefficient of both data sets.</paragraph> 268cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 269cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="phi"> 270cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152806"><bookmark_value>PHI function</bookmark_value> 271cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 272cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PHI" id="bm_id3153757" localize="false"/> 273cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152806" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 274cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="92">PHI</paragraph> 275cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 276cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154748" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 277cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="94">Syntax</paragraph> 278cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149976" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="95">PHI(Number)</paragraph> 279cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 280cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153621" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 281cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="97">Example</paragraph> 282cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155849" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="98"> 283cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=PHI(2.25) </item>= 0.03</paragraph> 284cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143236" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="99"> 285cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=PHI(-2.25)</item> = 0.03</paragraph> 286cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149286" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="100"> 287cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=PHI(0)</item> = 0.4</paragraph> 288cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 289cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="poisson"> 290cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153985"><bookmark_value>POISSON function</bookmark_value> 291cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 292cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_POISSON" id="bm_id3156011" localize="false"/> 293cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153985" role="heading" level="2" oldref="102">POISSON</paragraph> 294cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 295cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159183" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 296cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="104">Syntax</paragraph> 297cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146093" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="105">POISSON(Number; Mean; C)</paragraph> 298cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 299cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 300cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 301cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159347" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 302cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="109">Example</paragraph> 303cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150113" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="110"> 304cdf0e10cSrcweir<item type="input">=POISSON(60;50;1)</item> returns 0.93.</paragraph> 305cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 306cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="percentile"> 307cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153100"><bookmark_value>PERCENTILE function</bookmark_value> 308cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 309cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTIL" id="bm_id3155394" localize="false"/> 310cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153100" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 311cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="112">PERCENTILE</paragraph> 312cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 313cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150531" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 314cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="114">Syntax</paragraph> 315cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148813" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="115">PERCENTILE(Data; Alpha)</paragraph> 316cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153054" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="116"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data.</paragraph> 317cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 318cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 319cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="118">Example</paragraph> 320cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159147" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="119"> 321cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 322cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 323cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="percentrank"> 324cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148807"><bookmark_value>PERCENTRANK function</bookmark_value> 325cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 326cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTILSRANG" id="bm_id3154902" localize="false"/> 327cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148807" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 328cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="121">PERCENTRANK</paragraph> 329cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 330cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147512" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 331cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="123">Syntax</paragraph> 332cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147238" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="124">PERCENTRANK(Data; Value)</paragraph> 333cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 334cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 335cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155364" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 336cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="127">Example</paragraph> 337cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149163" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="128"> 338cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 339cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 340cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="quartile"> 341cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166442"><bookmark_value>QUARTILE function</bookmark_value> 342cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 343cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUARTILE" id="bm_id3150709" localize="false"/> 344cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166442" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 345cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="130">QUARTILE</paragraph> 346cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 347cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152942" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 348cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="132">Syntax</paragraph> 349cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153684" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="133">QUARTILE(Data; Type)</paragraph> 350cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 351cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 352cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149103" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 353cdf0e10cSrcweiroldref="136">Example</paragraph> 354cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159276" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="137"> 355cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 356cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 357cdf0e10cSrcweir</sort> 358cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 359cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/scalc/01/04060100.xhp#drking"/> 360cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 361cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 362cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>