Statistical Functions

Function

Description

AVEDEV

Returns the average absolute variance of data points

AVERAGE

Returns the mean value of arguments

AVERAGEA

Returns the mean value of arguments considering numbers, text, and logical values

AVERAGEIF

Returns the mean value (mean average) of all cells in a range meeting a specified criterion

AVERAGEIFS

Returns the mean value (mean average) of all cells meeting several criteria

BETA.DIST (2010)

See BETADIST

BETA.INV (2010)

See BETAINV

BETADIST

Returns the values of the cumulative beta distribution function

BETAINV

Returns the quantile of the given beta distribution

BINOM.DIST (2010)

See BINOMDIST

BINOM.INV (2010)

Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative probabilities of the binominal distribution are greater than or equal to a marginal probability

BINOMDIST

Returns the probabilities of a binominal-distributed random variable

CHIINV

Returns the quantile of a distribution function (1 alpha) of a chi-square distributed random variable

CHISQ.DIST (2010)

Returns the values of the left distribution function (1 alpha) of a chi-square distributed random variable

CHISQ.DIST.RT (2010)

Returns the values of the right distribution function (1 alpha) of a chi-square distributed random variable

CHISQU.INV (2010)

Returns the quantile of the left γ2 distribution

CHISQU.INV.RT (2010)

Returns the quantile of the right γ2 distribution

CHISQ.TEST (2010)

See CHITEST

CHIDIST

Returns the values of a distribution function (1 alpha) of a chi-square distributed random variable

CHITEST

Returns the test statistics of a chi-square independence test

CONFIDENCE

Returns a confidence interval for the average value of a population

CONFIDENCE.NORM (2010)

See CONFIDENCE

CONFIDENCE.T (2010)

Returns a value used to create a confidence interval for the expected value of a t-distributed random variable

CORREL

Returns the correlation coefficient of two data sets

COUNT

Calculates how many numbers are included in an argument list

COUNTA

Calculates how many values are included in an argument list

COUNTBLANK

Counts the empty cells in a range

COUNTIF

Counts the cells of a range whose content matches the search criterion

COUNTIFS

Counts the cells of a range whose content matches several criteria

COVAR

Returns the covariance, the average of the products of deviations for each data point pair

COVARIANCE.P (2010)

See COVAR

COVARIANCE.S (2010)

Returns the covariance of a sample, the average of the products of deviations for each data point pair

CRITBINOM

Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative probabilities of the binominal distribution are less than or equal to a marginal probability

DEVSQ

Returns the sum of the squared variances

EXPON.DIST (2010)

See EXPONDIST

EXPONDIST

Returns the exponential distribution

F.DIST (2010)

Returns the values of a distribution function (1 alpha) of a left F-distributed random variable

F.DIST.RT (2010)

Returns the values of a distribution function (1 alpha) of a right F-distributed random variable

F.INV (2010)

Returns the quantile of the left F-distribution

F.INV.RT (2010)

Returns the quantile of the right F-distribution

F.TEST (2010)

See FTEST

FDIST

Returns the F-distribution

FINV

Returns the quantile of the F-distribution

FISHER

Returns the Fisher transformation

FISHERINV

Returns the inversion of the Fisher transformation

FORECAST

Returns a value from a linear trend

FREQUENCY

Returns a frequency distribution as a single-column array (matrix)

FTEST

Returns the result of an f-test

GAMMA.DIST (2010)

See GAMMADIST

GAMMA.INV (2010)

See GAMMAINV

GAMMADIST

Returns the gamma distribution

GAMMAINV

Returns the quantile of the gamma distribution

GAMMALN

Returns the natural logarithm of the gamma function, Γ(x)

GAMMALN.PRECISE (2010)

See GAMMALN

GEOMEAN

Returns the geometric mean

GROWTH

Returns values from an exponential trend

HARMEAN

Returns the harmonic mean

HYPGEOM.DIST (2010)

Returns the probabilities of a hypergeometric-distributed random variable

HYPGEOMDIST

Returns the hypergeometric distribution

INTERCEPT

Returns the value at which the regression line intercepts the y-axis

KURT

Returns the kurtosis of a data group

LARGE

Returns the highest k-value of a data group

LINEST

Returns the parameters of a linear trend

LOGEST

Returns the parameters of a exponential trend

LOGINV

Returns the quantile of a log-normal distribution

LOGNORM.DIST (2010)

See LOGNORMDIST

LOGNORM.INV (2010)

See LOGINV

LOGNORMDIST

Returns values of the distribution function of a log-normal distributed random variable

MAX

Returns the highest value in an argument list

MAXA

Returns the highest value in an argument list considering numbers, text, and logical values

MEDIAN

Returns the median of numbers

MIN

Returns the lowest value in an argument list

MINA

Returns the lowest value in an argument list considering numbers, text, and logical values

MODE

Returns the most frequent value of a data group

MODE.MULT (2010)

Returns a vertical array of the most frequent values in an array or a data range

MODE.SNGL (2010)

See MODE

NEGBINOM.DIST (2010)

See NEGBINOMDIST

NEGBINOMDIST

Returns the negative binomial distribution

NORM.DIST (2010)

See NORMDIST

NORM.INV (2010)

See NORMINV

NORM.S.DIST (2010)

See NORMSDIST

NORM.S.INV (2010)

See NORMSINV

NORMDIST

Returns the cumulative normal distribution

NORMINV

Returns the quantile of the cumulative normal distribution

NORMSDIST

Returns the standard normal distribution

NORMSINV

Returns the quantile of the standard log-normal distribution

PEARSON

Returns the Pearson correlation coefficient

PERCENTILE

Returns the Alpha quantile of a data set

PERCENTILE.EXC (2010)

Returns the k-quantile of a data group where k is between 0 and 1, excluding 0 and 1

PERCENTILE.INC (2010)

Returns the k-quantile of a data group where k can be between 0 and 1, including 0 and 1

PERCENTRANK

Returns the rank of a value in a data set as a percentage

PERCENTRANK.EXC (2010)

Returns the rank of a value (Alpha) as a percentage between 0 and 1

PERCENTRANK.INC (2010)

Returns the rank of a value (Alpha) as a percentage including 0 through 1

PERMUT

Returns the number of possibilities to query k elements from an n-element set

POISSON

Returns the Poisson distribution

POISSON.DIST (2010)

See POISSON

PROB

Returns the probability for an interval enclosed in two values

QUARTILE

Returns the quartile of a data set

QUARTILE.EXC (2010)

Returns the quartile of a data group only based on 0 to 1

QUARTILE.INC (2010)

Returns the quartile of a data group including 0 through 1

RANK

Returns the rank of a number within a list of numbers

RANK.AVG (2010)

Returns the average rank of a number within a list of numbers

RANK.EQ (2010)

See RANK

RSQ

Returns the square of the Pearson correlation coefficient

SKEW

Returns the skewness of a distribution

SLOPE

Returns the slope of the regression line

SMALL

Returns the lowest k-value of a data group

STANDARDIZE

Returns a normalized value

STDEV

Calculates the standard variance based on a sample

STDEV.P (2010)

See STDEVP

STDEV.S (2010)

See STDEV

STDEVA

Calculates the standard variance based on a sample considering numbers, text, and logical values

STDEVP

Calculates the standard variance based on the population

STDEVPA

Calculates the standard variance based on the population considering numbers, text, and logical values

STEYX

Returns the standard error of the predicted y-values for each x in a regression

T.DIST (2010)

Returns the Student’s t-distribution of the left end range

T.DIST.2T (2010)

Returns the Student’s t-distribution of two end ranges

T.DIST.RT (2010)

Returns the Student’s t-distribution of the right end range

T.INV (2010)

See TINV

T.INV.2T (2010)

See TINV

T.TEST (2010)

See TTEST

TDIST

Returns the Student’s t-distribution

TINV

Returns the quantile of a Student’s t-distribution

TREND

Returns the values following a linear trend

TRIMMEAN

Returns the average value of a data group without considering the marginal values

TTEST

Returns the probability of a Student’s t-test

VAR

Calculates the variance based on a sample

VAR.P (2010)

See VARP

VAR.S (2010)

See VAR

VARA

Calculates the variance based on a sample considering numbers, text, and logical values

VARP

Calculates the variance based on the population

VARPA

Calculates the variance based on the population considering numbers, text, and logical values

WEIBULL

Returns the probabilities of a Weibull distribution random variable

WEIBULL.DIST (2010)

See WEIBULL

Z.TEST (2010)

Returns the one-tailed probability value for a Gauss test (normal distribution)

ZTEST

Returns the one-tailed probability value for a z-test