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* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_COUNT_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Count]] | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_COUNT_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Count]] | ||
* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_COUNTA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Counta]] | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_COUNTA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Counta]] | ||
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GEOMEAN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GEOMEAN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Geomean]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_HARMEAN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_HARMEAN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Hearmean]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MEDIAN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MEDIAN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Median]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MODE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MODE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Mode]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TRIMMEAN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TRIMMEAN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Trimmean]] |
<div style="font-size: 140%; border-style: outset outset outset none; border-color:#DCE9FC;">Measures of dispersion / spread</div> | <div style="font-size: 140%; border-style: outset outset outset none; border-color:#DCE9FC;">Measures of dispersion / spread</div> | ||
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_DEVSQ_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_DEVSQ_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Devsq]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_KURT_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_KURT_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Kurt]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_SKEW_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_SKEW_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Skew]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STDEV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STDEV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Stdev]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STDEVA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STDEVA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Stedeva]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STDEVP_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STDEVP_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Stdevp]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STDEVPA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STDEVPA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Stdevpa]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_VAR_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_VAR_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Var]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_VARA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_VARA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Vara]] |
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_VARP_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Varp]] | |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_VARP_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_VARPA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Varpa]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_VARPA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | ||
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<div style="font-size: 140%; border-style: outset outset outset none; border-color:#DCE9FC;">Probability and statistics</div> | <div style="font-size: 140%; border-style: outset outset outset none; border-color:#DCE9FC;">Probability and statistics</div> | ||
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_B_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">B]] | |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_B_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_BETADIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Betadist]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_BETADIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_BETAINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Betainv]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_BETAINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_BINOMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Binomdist]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_BINOMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CHIDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Chidist]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CHIDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CHIINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Chinv]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CHIINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CHISQINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Chisqinv]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CHISQINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CHITEST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Chitest]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CHITEST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CONFIDENCE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Confidence]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CONFIDENCE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CRITBINOM_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Critbinom]] |
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_EXPONDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Expondist]] | |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CRITBINOM_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Finv]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_EXPONDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FISHER_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Fisher]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FISHERINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Fisherinv]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FISHER_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Fdist]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FISHERINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FTEST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Ftest]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAMMA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Gamma]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FTEST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAMMAINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Gammainv]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAMMA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAMMALN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Gammaln]] |
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAMMADIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Gammadist]] | |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAMMAINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAUSS_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Gauss]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAMMALN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_HYPGEOMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Hypgeomdist]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAMMADIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_LOGINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Loginv]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_GAUSS_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_LOGNORMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Lognormdist]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_HYPGEOMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NEGBINOMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Negbinomdist]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_LOGINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NORMINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Norminv]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_LOGNORMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NORMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Normdist]] |
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NORMSINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Normsinv]] | |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NEGBINOMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NORMSDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Normsdist]] |
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PERMUT_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Permut]] | |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NORMINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PERMUTATIONA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Permutationa]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NORMDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PHI_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Phi]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NORMSINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_POISSON_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Poisson]] |
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PROB_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Prob]] | |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_NORMSDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STANDARDIZE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Standardize]] |
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Tdist]] | |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PERMUT_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Tinv]] |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PERMUTATIONA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TTEST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Ttest]] |
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_WEIBULL_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Weibull]] | |
− | + | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_ZTEST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Ztest]] | |
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PHI_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | ||
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_POISSON_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | ||
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− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PROB_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | ||
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− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STANDARDIZE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | ||
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TDIST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | ||
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− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TINV_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | ||
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TTEST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | ||
− | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_WEIBULL_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;"> | ||
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<div style="font-size: 140%; border-style: outset outset outset none; border-color:#DCE9FC;">Correlation and line fitting</div> | <div style="font-size: 140%; border-style: outset outset outset none; border-color:#DCE9FC;">Correlation and line fitting</div> | ||
+ | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_CORREL_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Correl]] | ||
+ | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_COVAR_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Covar]] | ||
+ | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_FORECAST_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Forecast]] | ||
+ | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_INTERCEPT_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Intercept]] | ||
+ | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PEARSON_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Pearson]] | ||
+ | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_RSQ_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Rsq]] | ||
+ | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_SLOPEL_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Slopel]] | ||
+ | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_STEYX_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Steyx]] | ||
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<div style="font-size: 140%; border-style: bloc; border-color:#DCE9FC;">''See also (in the [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_Array_functions|Array Function]] category); GROWTH, LINEST, LOGEST, TREND''</div> | <div style="font-size: 140%; border-style: bloc; border-color:#DCE9FC;">''See also (in the [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_Array_functions|Array Function]] category); GROWTH, LINEST, LOGEST, TREND''</div> | ||
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* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MAX_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Max]] | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MAX_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Max]] | ||
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* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MIN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Min]] | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MIN_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Min]] | ||
* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MINA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Mina]] | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_MINA_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Mina]] | ||
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* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PERCENTILE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Percentile]] | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PERCENTILE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Percentile]] | ||
* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PERCENTRANK_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Percentrank]] | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_PERCENTRANK_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Percentrank]] | ||
* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_QUARTILE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Quartile]] | * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_QUARTILE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Quartile]] | ||
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Revision as of 22:08, 1 June 2013
CALC FUNCTIONS
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of dispersion / spread
Probability and statistics
Correlation and line fitting
See also (in the Array Function category); GROWTH, LINEST, LOGEST, TREND
Ranking
List of Calc Statistical functions
The Statistical functions allow statistical analysis of data.
Measures of Central Tendency | |
AVEDEV | Returns the average of the absolute deviations of values from their mean. |
AVERAGE | Returns the average of the arguments, ignoring text. |
AVERAGEA | Returns the average of the arguments, including text (valued as 0). |
COUNT | Counts the numbers in the list of arguments, ignoring text entries. |
COUNTA | Counts the non-empty values in the list of arguments. |
GEOMEAN | Returns the geometric mean of the arguments. |
HARMEAN | Returns the harmonic mean of the arguments. |
MEDIAN | Returns the median of a set of numbers. |
MODE | Returns the most common value in a set of numbers. |
TRIMMEAN | Returns the mean of a set of numbers, ignoring a proportion of high and low values. |
Measures of dispersion / spread | |
DEVSQ | Returns the sum of squares of deviations from the mean. |
KURT | Returns the kurtosis, a measure of how peaked or flat a distribution is. |
SKEW | Returns a measure of how skewed a distribution is. |
STDEV | Returns the sample standard deviation. |
STDEVA | Returns the sample standard deviation (allowing text and logical values). |
STDEVP | Returns the population standard deviation. |
STDEVPA | Returns the population standard deviation (allowing text and logical values). |
VAR | Returns the sample variance. |
VARA | Returns the sample variance (allowing text and logical values). |
VARP | Returns the population variance. |
VARPA | Returns the population variance (allowing text and logical values). |
Probability and statistics | |
B | Calculates probabilities for a binomial distribution. |
BETADIST | Calculates the cumulative distribution function of a beta distribution. |
BETAINV | Calculates the inverse of the BETADIST function. |
BINOMDIST | Calculates probabilities for a binomial distribution. |
CHIDIST | Calculates right-tail values for a cumulative χ2-distribution. |
CHISQDIST | Calculates left-tail values for a cumulative χ2-distribution or values for the density function. |
CHIINV | Calculates the inverse of the CHIDIST function. |
CHISQINV | Calculates the inverse of the CHISQDIST function. |
CHITEST | Returns a measure of χ2 'goodness of fit'. |
CONFIDENCE | Returns a confidence interval. |
CRITBINOM | Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative binomial distribution is greater than or equal to a criterion value. |
EXPONDIST | Calculates values for an exponential distribution. |
FINV | Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution. |
FISHER | Calculates values for the Fisher transformation. |
FISHERINV | Calculates the inverse of the FISHER transformation. |
FDIST | Calculates the values of an F distribution. |
FTEST | Returns the result of an F test. |
GAMMA | Calculates the GAMMA function; not a statical function, but actually in this category. |
GAMMAINV | Calculates the inverse of the cumulative GAMMADIST function. |
GAMMALN | Returns the natural logarithm of the gamma function. |
GAMMADIST | Calculates values for a gamma distribution. |
GAUSS | Returns the standard normal cumulative distribution. |
HYPGEOMDIST | Calculates values for a hypergeometric distribution. |
LOGINV | Returns the inverse of the lognormal distribution. |
LOGNORMDIST | Returns the cumulative lognormal distribution. |
NEGBINOMDIST | Calculates probabilities for a negative binomial distribution. |
NORMINV | Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution. |
NORMDIST | Calculates values for a normal distribution. |
NORMSINV | Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution. |
NORMSDIST | Calculates values for the standard normal cumulative distribution. |
PERMUT | Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects. |
PERMUTATIONA | Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects (repetition allowed). |
PHI | Calculates values for the standard normal probability distribution. |
POISSON | Calculates values for a Poisson distribution. |
PROB | Returns a result from a list of probabilities. |
STANDARDIZE | Converts a random variable to a normalized value. |
TDIST | Returns the t-distribution. |
TINV | Returns the inverse of the t-distribution. |
TTEST | Returns the probability associated with a Student's t-Test. |
WEIBULL | Returns the values of the Weibull distribution. |
ZTEST | Returns the two-tailed P value of a z test with standard distribution. |
Correlation and line fitting | |
CORREL | Returns the correlation coefficient between two data sets. |
COVAR | Returns the covariance of the product of paired deviations. |
FORECAST | Extrapolates future values based on existing x and y values. |
INTERCEPT | Calculates the point at which a line will intersect the y-values by using known x-values and y-values. |
PEARSON | Returns the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient r. |
RSQ | Returns the square of the Pearson correlation coefficient based on the given values. |
SLOPE | Returns the slope of the linear regression line for a data set. |
STEYX | Returns the standard error of the predicted y value for each x in the regression. |
see also (in the Array Function category) | |
GROWTH | returns an array of values for an exponential least squares fit to known data pairs. |
LINEST | returns an array of statistics for a straight line that best fits a data set. |
LOGEST | returns an array of statistics for an exponential curve that best fits a data set. |
TREND | fits a straight line to a data set using linear regression and returns points on that line. |
Ranking | |
LARGE | Returns the nth largest value in a list of numbers. |
MAX | Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments. |
MAXA | Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments including text. |
MIN | Returns the minimum value in a list of arguments. |
MINA | Returns the minimum value in a list of arguments, including text. |
PERCENTILE | Returns a specified percentile in a list of numbers. |
PERCENTRANK | Returns the percentage rank of a number in a list of numbers. |
QUARTILE | Returns a specified quartile in a list of numbers. |
RANK | Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers. |
SMALL | Returns the nth smallest value in a list of numbers. |