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Text cells are ignored by MIN() and MAX(). The functions MINA() and MAXA() return 0 if no value (numeric or text) and no error was encountered. Passing a literal string argument to MIN() or MAX(), e.g. MIN("string"), still results in an error.</paragraph> 43<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154256" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 44<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147340" role="code" l10n="U">MAX(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149568" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><emph>Number1; Number2;...Number30</emph> are numerical values or ranges.</paragraph> 46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153963" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147343" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=MAX(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148485" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=MAX(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 49</section> 50<section id="maxa"> 51<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166426"> 52<bookmark_value>MAXA function</bookmark_value> 53</bookmark> 54<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MAXA" id="bm_id3150304" localize="false"/> 55<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166426" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">MAXA</paragraph> 56<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150363" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MAXA">Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments. In opposite to MAX, here you can enter text. The value of the text is 0.</ahelp></paragraph> 57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7689443" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The functions MINA() and MAXA() return 0 if no value (numeric or text) and no error was encountered.</paragraph> 58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150516" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 59<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166431" role="code" l10n="U">MAXA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 60<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150202" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><emph>Value1; Value2;...Value30</emph> are values or ranges. Text has the value of 0.</paragraph> 61<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U">Example</paragraph> 62<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156446" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><item type="input">=MAXA(A1;A2;A3;50;100;200;"Text")</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 63<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149404" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><item type="input">=MAXA(A1:B100)</item> returns the largest value from the list.</paragraph> 64</section> 65<section id="median"> 66<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153820"> 67<bookmark_value>MEDIAN function</bookmark_value> 68</bookmark> 69<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MEDIAN" id="bm_id3153069" localize="false"/> 70<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153820" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">MEDIAN</paragraph> 71<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151241" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_MEDIAN">Returns the median of a set of numbers. In a set containing an uneven number of values, the median will be the number in the middle of the set and in a set containing an even number of values, it will be the mean of the two values in the middle of the set.</ahelp></paragraph> 72<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148871" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 73oldref="13">Syntax</paragraph> 74<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155264" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="14">MEDIAN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 75<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> 76<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3144506" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 77oldref="16">Example</paragraph> 78<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> 79<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> 80</section> 81<section id="min"> 82<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154541"> 83<bookmark_value>MIN function</bookmark_value> 84</bookmark> 85<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MIN" id="bm_id3159226" localize="false"/> 86<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154541" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 87oldref="19">MIN</paragraph> 88<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> 89<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> 90<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154651" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 91oldref="21">Syntax</paragraph> 92<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146964" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="22">MIN(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 93<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> 94<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155523" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 95oldref="24">Example</paragraph> 96<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154734" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="25"> 97<item type="input">=MIN(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 98</section> 99<section id="mina"> 100<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147504"> 101<bookmark_value>MINA function</bookmark_value> 102</bookmark> 103<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MINA" id="bm_id3155752" localize="false"/> 104<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147504" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 105oldref="148">MINA</paragraph> 106<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> 107<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> 108<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150435" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 109oldref="150">Syntax</paragraph> 110<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153336" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="151">MINA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 111<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> 112<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148743" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 113oldref="153">Example</paragraph> 114<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147401" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="154"> 115<item type="input">=MINA(1;"Text";20)</item> returns 0.</paragraph> 116<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147295" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="155"> 117<item type="input">=MINA(A1:B100)</item> returns the smallest value in the list.</paragraph> 118</section> 119<section id="avedev"> 120<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166465"> 121<bookmark_value>AVEDEV function</bookmark_value> 122<bookmark_value>averages;statistical functions</bookmark_value> 123</bookmark><comment>mw added "averages;"</comment> 124<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELABW" id="bm_id3156396" localize="false"/> 125<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166465" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="27">AVEDEV</paragraph> 126<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> 127<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150038" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="29">Syntax</paragraph> 128<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">AVEDEV(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 129<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> 130<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149725" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">Example</paragraph> 131<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153122" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33"> 132<item type="input">=AVEDEV(A1:A50)</item> 133</paragraph> 134</section> 135<section id="average"> 136<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145824"> 137<bookmark_value>AVERAGE function</bookmark_value> 138</bookmark> 139<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERT" id="bm_id3146878" localize="false"/> 140<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145824" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 141oldref="35">AVERAGE</paragraph> 142<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> 143<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146943" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 144oldref="37">Syntax</paragraph> 145<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154679" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="38">AVERAGE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 146<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> 147<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153039" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 148oldref="40">Example</paragraph> 149<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151232" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="41"> 150<item type="input">=AVERAGE(A1:A50)</item> 151</paragraph> 152</section> 153<section id="averagea"> 154<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754"> 155<bookmark_value>AVERAGEA function</bookmark_value> 156</bookmark> 157<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTA" id="bm_id3149690" localize="false"/> 158<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 159oldref="157">AVERAGEA</paragraph> 160<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> 161<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 162oldref="159">Syntax</paragraph> 163<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="160">AVERAGEA(Value1; Value2; ... Value30)</paragraph> 164<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> 165<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 166oldref="162">Example</paragraph> 167<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="163"> 168<item type="input">=AVERAGEA(A1:A50)</item> 169</paragraph> 170</section> 171<section id="averageif"> 172<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754K1"> 173<bookmark_value>AVERAGEIF function</bookmark_value> 174</bookmark> 175<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTB" id="bm_id3149690K1" localize="false"/> 176<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754K1" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 177oldref="157">AVERAGEIF</paragraph><comment>kschenk added this entry </comment> 178<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> 179<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326K1" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 180oldref="159">Syntax</paragraph> 181<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734K1" role="code" l10n="U">AVERAGEIF( Reference R ; Criterion C [ ; Reference A ] )</paragraph> 182<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> 183<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> 184<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504K1" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 185oldref="162">Examples</paragraph> 186<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864K1" role="paragraph" l10n="U"> 187<item type="input">=AVERAGEIF(A1:A50;">"0)</item> will return the average of A1:A50 of all positive values in the range. 188</paragraph> 189</section> 190<section id="averageifs"> 191<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148754K2"> 192<bookmark_value>AVERAGEIFS function</bookmark_value> 193</bookmark> 194<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MITTELWERTC" id="bm_id3149690K2" localize="false"/> 195<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148754K2" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 196oldref="157">AVERAGEIFS</paragraph><comment>kschenk added this entry </comment> 197<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> 198<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153326K2" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 199oldref="159">Syntax</paragraph> 200<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149734K2" role="code" l10n="U">AVERAGEIFS( Reference A ; Reference R1 ; Criterion C1 [ ; Reference R2 ; Criterion C2 ]... )</paragraph> 201<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> 202<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> 203<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149504K2" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 204oldref="162">Example</paragraph> 205<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150864K2" role="paragraph" l10n="U"> 206<item type="input">=AVERAGEIFS(A1:A50;B1:B25;">"0)</item> will return the average of A1:A50 if all cells in the range B1 to B25 are greater than 0. 207</paragraph> 208</section> 209<section id="mode"> 210<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153933"> 211<bookmark_value>MODE function</bookmark_value> 212<bookmark_value>most common value</bookmark_value> 213</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 214<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_MODALWERT" id="bm_id3149253" localize="false"/> 215<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153933" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 216oldref="43">MODE</paragraph> 217<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> 218<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153003" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 219oldref="45">Syntax</paragraph> 220<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155950" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="46">MODE(Number1; Number2; ...Number30)</paragraph> 221<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> 222<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153571" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 223oldref="48">Example</paragraph> 224<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153733" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="49"> 225<item type="input">=MODE(A1:A50)</item> 226</paragraph> 227</section> 228<section id="negbinomdist"> 229<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149879"> 230<bookmark_value>NEGBINOMDIST function</bookmark_value> 231<bookmark_value>negative binomial distribution</bookmark_value> 232</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 233<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NEGBINOMVERT" id="bm_id3159135" localize="false"/> 234<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149879" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 235oldref="51">NEGBINOMDIST</paragraph> 236<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> 237<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145351" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 238oldref="53">Syntax</paragraph> 239<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150935" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="54">NEGBINOMDIST(X; R; SP)</paragraph> 240<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> 241<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> 242<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> 243<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149539" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 244oldref="58">Example</paragraph> 245<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148770" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="59"> 246<item type="input">=NEGBINOMDIST(1;1;0.5)</item> returns 0.25.</paragraph> 247</section> 248<section id="norminv"> 249<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155516"> 250<bookmark_value>NORMINV function</bookmark_value> 251<bookmark_value>normal distribution;inverse of</bookmark_value> 252</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 253<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMINV" id="bm_id3149396" localize="false"/> 254<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155516" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 255oldref="61">NORMINV</paragraph> 256<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> 257<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153227" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 258oldref="63">Syntax</paragraph> 259<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147534" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="64">NORMINV(Number; Mean; StDev)</paragraph> 260<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> 261<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> 262<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> 263<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155822" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 264oldref="68">Example</paragraph> 265<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153921" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="69"> 266<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> 267</section> 268<section id="normdist"> 269<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153722"> 270<bookmark_value>NORMDIST function</bookmark_value> 271<bookmark_value>density function</bookmark_value> 272</bookmark><comment>mw added one entry</comment> 273<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_NORMVERT" id="bm_id3147484" localize="false"/> 274<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153722" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 275oldref="71">NORMDIST</paragraph> 276<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> 277<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3083282" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 278oldref="73">Syntax</paragraph> 279<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150613" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="74">NORMDIST(Number; Mean; StDev; C)</paragraph> 280<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> 281<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> 282<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> 283<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> 284<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152972" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 285oldref="79">Example</paragraph> 286<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149283" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="80"> 287<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;0)</item> returns 0.03.</paragraph> 288<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149448" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="81"> 289<item type="input">=NORMDIST(70;63;5;1)</item> returns 0.92.</paragraph> 290</section> 291<section id="pearson"> 292<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152934"> 293<bookmark_value>PEARSON function</bookmark_value> 294</bookmark> 295<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PEARSON" id="bm_id3156103" localize="false"/> 296<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152934" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 297oldref="83">PEARSON</paragraph> 298<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> 299<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147081" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 300oldref="85">Syntax</paragraph> 301<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156133" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="86">PEARSON(Data1; Data2)</paragraph> 302<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> 303<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> 304<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147567" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 305oldref="89">Example</paragraph> 306<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151187" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="90"> 307<item type="input">=PEARSON(A1:A30;B1:B30)</item> returns the Pearson correlation coefficient of both data sets.</paragraph> 308</section> 309<section id="phi"> 310<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152806"> 311<bookmark_value>PHI function</bookmark_value> 312</bookmark> 313<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_PHI" id="bm_id3153757" localize="false"/> 314<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152806" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 315oldref="92">PHI</paragraph> 316<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> 317<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154748" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 318oldref="94">Syntax</paragraph> 319<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149976" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="95">PHI(Number)</paragraph> 320<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> 321<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153621" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 322oldref="97">Example</paragraph> 323<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155849" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="98"> 324<item type="input">=PHI(2.25) </item>= 0.03</paragraph> 325<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143236" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="99"> 326<item type="input">=PHI(-2.25)</item> = 0.03</paragraph> 327<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149286" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="100"> 328<item type="input">=PHI(0)</item> = 0.4</paragraph> 329</section> 330<section id="poisson"> 331<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153985"> 332<bookmark_value>POISSON function</bookmark_value> 333</bookmark> 334<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_POISSON" id="bm_id3156011" localize="false"/> 335<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153985" role="heading" level="2" oldref="102">POISSON</paragraph> 336<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> 337<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159183" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 338oldref="104">Syntax</paragraph> 339<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146093" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="105">POISSON(Number; Mean; C)</paragraph> 340<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> 341<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> 342<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> 343<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159347" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 344oldref="109">Example</paragraph> 345<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150113" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="110"> 346<item type="input">=POISSON(60;50;1)</item> returns 0.93.</paragraph> 347</section> 348<section id="percentile"> 349<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153100"> 350<bookmark_value>PERCENTILE function</bookmark_value> 351</bookmark> 352<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTIL" id="bm_id3155394" localize="false"/> 353<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153100" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 354oldref="112">PERCENTILE</paragraph> 355<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> 356<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150531" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 357oldref="114">Syntax</paragraph> 358<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148813" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="115">PERCENTILE(Data; Alpha)</paragraph> 359<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153054" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="116"><emph>Data</emph> represents the array of data.</paragraph> 360<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> 361<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154290" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 362oldref="118">Example</paragraph> 363<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159147" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="119"> 364<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> 365</section> 366<section id="percentrank"> 367<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148807"> 368<bookmark_value>PERCENTRANK function</bookmark_value> 369</bookmark> 370<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUANTILSRANG" id="bm_id3154902" localize="false"/> 371<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148807" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 372oldref="121">PERCENTRANK</paragraph> 373<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> 374<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147512" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 375oldref="123">Syntax</paragraph> 376<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147238" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="124">PERCENTRANK(Data; Value)</paragraph> 377<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> 378<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> 379<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155364" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 380oldref="127">Example</paragraph> 381<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149163" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="128"> 382<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> 383</section> 384<section id="quartile"> 385<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3166442"> 386<bookmark_value>QUARTILE function</bookmark_value> 387</bookmark> 388<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_QUARTILE" id="bm_id3150709" localize="false"/> 389<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3166442" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 390oldref="130">QUARTILE</paragraph> 391<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> 392<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152942" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 393oldref="132">Syntax</paragraph> 394<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153684" role="code" l10n="U" oldref="133">QUARTILE(Data; Type)</paragraph> 395<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> 396<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> 397<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149103" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" 398oldref="136">Example</paragraph> 399<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159276" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="137"> 400<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> 401</section> 402</sort> 403<section id="relatedtopics"> 404<embed href="text/scalc/01/04060100.xhp#drking"/> 405</section> 406</body> 407</helpdocument> 408