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Methods

AVEDEV()

AVEDEV() : float

AVEDEV

Returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from their mean. AVEDEV is a measure of the variability in a data set.

Excel Function: AVEDEV(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

AVERAGE()

AVERAGE() : float

AVERAGE

Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of the arguments

Excel Function: AVERAGE(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

AVERAGEA()

AVERAGEA() : float

AVERAGEA

Returns the average of its arguments, including numbers, text, and logical values

Excel Function: AVERAGEA(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

AVERAGEIF()

AVERAGEIF(mixed  $aArgs, string  $condition, array  $averageArgs = array()) : float

AVERAGEIF

Returns the average value from a range of cells that contain numbers within the list of arguments

Excel Function: AVERAGEIF(value1[,value2[, ...]],condition)

Parameters

mixed $aArgs
string $condition

The criteria that defines which cells will be checked.

array $averageArgs

Data values

Returns

float —

BETADIST()

BETADIST(float  $value, float  $alpha, float  $beta, mixed  $rMin, mixed  $rMax = 1) : float

BETADIST

Returns the beta distribution.

Parameters

float $value

Value at which you want to evaluate the distribution

float $alpha

Parameter to the distribution

float $beta

Parameter to the distribution

mixed $rMin
mixed $rMax

Returns

float —

BETAINV()

BETAINV(float  $probability, float  $alpha, float  $beta, float  $rMin, float  $rMax = 1) : float

BETAINV

Returns the inverse of the beta distribution.

Parameters

float $probability

Probability at which you want to evaluate the distribution

float $alpha

Parameter to the distribution

float $beta

Parameter to the distribution

float $rMin

Minimum value

float $rMax

Maximum value

Returns

float —

BINOMDIST()

BINOMDIST(float  $value, float  $trials, float  $probability, bool  $cumulative) : float

BINOMDIST

Returns the individual term binomial distribution probability. Use BINOMDIST in problems with a fixed number of tests or trials, when the outcomes of any trial are only success or failure, when trials are independent, and when the probability of success is constant throughout the experiment. For example, BINOMDIST can calculate the probability that two of the next three babies born are male.

Parameters

float $value

Number of successes in trials

float $trials

Number of trials

float $probability

Probability of success on each trial

bool $cumulative

Returns

float —

CHIDIST()

CHIDIST(float  $value, float  $degrees) : float

CHIDIST

Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution.

Parameters

float $value

Value for the function

float $degrees

degrees of freedom

Returns

float —

CHIINV()

CHIINV(float  $probability, float  $degrees) : float

CHIINV

Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution.

Parameters

float $probability

Probability for the function

float $degrees

degrees of freedom

Returns

float —

CONFIDENCE()

CONFIDENCE(float  $alpha, float  $stdDev, float  $size) : float

CONFIDENCE

Returns the confidence interval for a population mean

Parameters

float $alpha
float $stdDev

Standard Deviation

float $size

Returns

float —

CORREL()

CORREL(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues = null) : float

CORREL

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

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues

Returns

float —

COUNT()

COUNT() : int

COUNT

Counts the number of cells that contain numbers within the list of arguments

Excel Function: COUNT(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

int —

COUNTA()

COUNTA() : int

COUNTA

Counts the number of cells that are not empty within the list of arguments

Excel Function: COUNTA(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

int —

COUNTBLANK()

COUNTBLANK() : int

COUNTBLANK

Counts the number of empty cells within the list of arguments

Excel Function: COUNTBLANK(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

int —

COUNTIF()

COUNTIF(mixed  $aArgs, string  $condition) : int

COUNTIF

Counts the number of cells that contain numbers within the list of arguments

Excel Function: COUNTIF(value1[,value2[, ...]],condition)

Parameters

mixed $aArgs
string $condition

The criteria that defines which cells will be counted.

Returns

int —

COVAR()

COVAR(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues) : float

COVAR

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

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues

Returns

float —

CRITBINOM()

CRITBINOM(float  $trials, float  $probability, float  $alpha) : int

CRITBINOM

Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative binomial distribution is greater than or equal to a criterion value

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828117/ for details of the algorithm used

Parameters

float $trials

number of Bernoulli trials

float $probability

probability of a success on each trial

float $alpha

criterion value

Returns

int —

DEVSQ()

DEVSQ() : float

DEVSQ

Returns the sum of squares of deviations of data points from their sample mean.

Excel Function: DEVSQ(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

EXPONDIST()

EXPONDIST(float  $value, float  $lambda, bool  $cumulative) : float

EXPONDIST

Returns the exponential distribution. Use EXPONDIST to model the time between events, such as how long an automated bank teller takes to deliver cash. For example, you can use EXPONDIST to determine the probability that the process takes at most 1 minute.

Parameters

float $value

Value of the function

float $lambda

The parameter value

bool $cumulative

Returns

float —

FISHER()

FISHER(float  $value) : float

FISHER

Returns the Fisher transformation at x. This transformation produces a function that is normally distributed rather than skewed. Use this function to perform hypothesis testing on the correlation coefficient.

Parameters

float $value

Returns

float —

FISHERINV()

FISHERINV(float  $value) : float

FISHERINV

Returns the inverse of the Fisher transformation. Use this transformation when analyzing correlations between ranges or arrays of data. If y = FISHER(x), then FISHERINV(y) = x.

Parameters

float $value

Returns

float —

FORECAST()

FORECAST(mixed  $xValue, mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues) : float

FORECAST

Calculates, or predicts, a future value by using existing values. The predicted value is a y-value for a given x-value.

Parameters

mixed $xValue
mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues

Returns

float —

GAMMADIST()

GAMMADIST(float  $value, float  $a, float  $b, bool  $cumulative) : float

GAMMADIST

Returns the gamma distribution.

Parameters

float $value

Value at which you want to evaluate the distribution

float $a

Parameter to the distribution

float $b

Parameter to the distribution

bool $cumulative

Returns

float —

GAMMAINV()

GAMMAINV(float  $probability, float  $alpha, float  $beta) : float

GAMMAINV

Returns the inverse of the beta distribution.

Parameters

float $probability

Probability at which you want to evaluate the distribution

float $alpha

Parameter to the distribution

float $beta

Parameter to the distribution

Returns

float —

GAMMALN()

GAMMALN(float  $value) : float

GAMMALN

Returns the natural logarithm of the gamma function.

Parameters

float $value

Returns

float —

GEOMEAN()

GEOMEAN() : float

GEOMEAN

Returns the geometric mean of an array or range of positive data. For example, you can use GEOMEAN to calculate average growth rate given compound interest with variable rates.

Excel Function: GEOMEAN(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

GROWTH()

GROWTH(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues = array(), mixed  $newValues = array(), mixed  $const = True) : array

GROWTH

Returns values along a predicted emponential trend

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues
mixed $newValues
mixed $const

Returns

array —

of float

HARMEAN()

HARMEAN() : float

HARMEAN

Returns the harmonic mean of a data set. The harmonic mean is the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of reciprocals.

Excel Function: HARMEAN(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

HYPGEOMDIST()

HYPGEOMDIST(float  $sampleSuccesses, float  $sampleNumber, float  $populationSuccesses, float  $populationNumber) : float

HYPGEOMDIST

Returns the hypergeometric distribution. HYPGEOMDIST returns the probability of a given number of sample successes, given the sample size, population successes, and population size.

Parameters

float $sampleSuccesses

Number of successes in the sample

float $sampleNumber

Size of the sample

float $populationSuccesses

Number of successes in the population

float $populationNumber

Population size

Returns

float —

INTERCEPT()

INTERCEPT(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues) : float

INTERCEPT

Calculates the point at which a line will intersect the y-axis by using existing x-values and y-values.

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues

Returns

float —

KURT()

KURT() : float

KURT

Returns the kurtosis of a data set. Kurtosis characterizes the relative peakedness or flatness of a distribution compared with the normal distribution. Positive kurtosis indicates a relatively peaked distribution. Negative kurtosis indicates a relatively flat distribution.

Returns

float —

LARGE()

LARGE() : float

LARGE

Returns the nth largest value in a data set. You can use this function to select a value based on its relative standing.

Excel Function: LARGE(value1[,value2[, ...]],entry)

Returns

float —

LINEST()

LINEST(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues = NULL, mixed  $const = TRUE, mixed  $stats = FALSE) : array

LINEST

Calculates the statistics for a line by using the "least squares" method to calculate a straight line that best fits your data, and then returns an array that describes the line.

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues
mixed $const
mixed $stats

Returns

array —

LOGEST()

LOGEST(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues = null, mixed  $const = True, mixed  $stats = False) : array

LOGEST

Calculates an exponential curve that best fits the X and Y data series, and then returns an array that describes the line.

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues
mixed $const
mixed $stats

Returns

array —

LOGINV()

LOGINV(float  $probability, float  $mean, float  $stdDev) : float

LOGINV

Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution

Parameters

float $probability
float $mean
float $stdDev

Returns

float —

LOGNORMDIST()

LOGNORMDIST(float  $value, float  $mean, float  $stdDev) : float

LOGNORMDIST

Returns the cumulative lognormal distribution of x, where ln(x) is normally distributed with parameters mean and standard_dev.

Parameters

float $value
float $mean
float $stdDev

Returns

float —

MAX()

MAX() : float

MAX

MAX returns the value of the element of the values passed that has the highest value, with negative numbers considered smaller than positive numbers.

Excel Function: MAX(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

MAXA()

MAXA() : float

MAXA

Returns the greatest value in a list of arguments, including numbers, text, and logical values

Excel Function: MAXA(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

MAXIF()

MAXIF(mixed  $aArgs, string  $condition, mixed  $sumArgs = array()) : float

MAXIF

Counts the maximum value within a range of cells that contain numbers within the list of arguments

Excel Function: MAXIF(value1[,value2[, ...]],condition)

Parameters

mixed $aArgs
string $condition

The criteria that defines which cells will be checked.

mixed $sumArgs

Returns

float —

MEDIAN()

MEDIAN() : float

MEDIAN

Returns the median of the given numbers. The median is the number in the middle of a set of numbers.

Excel Function: MEDIAN(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

MIN()

MIN() : float

MIN

MIN returns the value of the element of the values passed that has the smallest value, with negative numbers considered smaller than positive numbers.

Excel Function: MIN(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

MINA()

MINA() : float

MINA

Returns the smallest value in a list of arguments, including numbers, text, and logical values

Excel Function: MINA(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

MINIF()

MINIF(mixed  $aArgs, string  $condition, mixed  $sumArgs = array()) : float

MINIF

Returns the minimum value within a range of cells that contain numbers within the list of arguments

Excel Function: MINIF(value1[,value2[, ...]],condition)

Parameters

mixed $aArgs
string $condition

The criteria that defines which cells will be checked.

mixed $sumArgs

Returns

float —

MODE()

MODE() : float

MODE

Returns the most frequently occurring, or repetitive, value in an array or range of data

Excel Function: MODE(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

NEGBINOMDIST()

NEGBINOMDIST(float  $failures, float  $successes, float  $probability) : float

NEGBINOMDIST

Returns the negative binomial distribution. NEGBINOMDIST returns the probability that there will be number_f failures before the number_s-th success, when the constant probability of a success is probability_s. This function is similar to the binomial distribution, except that the number of successes is fixed, and the number of trials is variable. Like the binomial, trials are assumed to be independent.

Parameters

float $failures

Number of Failures

float $successes

Threshold number of Successes

float $probability

Probability of success on each trial

Returns

float —

NORMDIST()

NORMDIST(float  $value, float  $mean, float  $stdDev, bool  $cumulative) : float

NORMDIST

Returns the normal distribution for the specified mean and standard deviation. This function has a very wide range of applications in statistics, including hypothesis testing.

Parameters

float $value
float $mean

Mean Value

float $stdDev

Standard Deviation

bool $cumulative

Returns

float —

NORMINV()

NORMINV(mixed  $probability, float  $mean, float  $stdDev) : float

NORMINV

Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution for the specified mean and standard deviation.

Parameters

mixed $probability
float $mean

Mean Value

float $stdDev

Standard Deviation

Returns

float —

NORMSDIST()

NORMSDIST(float  $value) : float

NORMSDIST

Returns the standard normal cumulative distribution function. The distribution has a mean of 0 (zero) and a standard deviation of one. Use this function in place of a table of standard normal curve areas.

Parameters

float $value

Returns

float —

NORMSINV()

NORMSINV(float  $value) : float

NORMSINV

Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution

Parameters

float $value

Returns

float —

PERCENTILE()

PERCENTILE() : float

PERCENTILE

Returns the nth percentile of values in a range..

Excel Function: PERCENTILE(value1[,value2[, ...]],entry)

Returns

float —

PERCENTRANK()

PERCENTRANK(mixed  $valueSet, mixed  $value, mixed  $significance = 3) : float

PERCENTRANK

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

Parameters

mixed $valueSet
mixed $value
mixed $significance

Returns

float —

PERMUT()

PERMUT(int  $numObjs, int  $numInSet) : int

PERMUT

Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects that can be selected from number objects. A permutation is any set or subset of objects or events where internal order is significant. Permutations are different from combinations, for which the internal order is not significant. Use this function for lottery-style probability calculations.

Parameters

int $numObjs

Number of different objects

int $numInSet

Number of objects in each permutation

Returns

int —

Number of permutations

POISSON()

POISSON(float  $value, float  $mean, bool  $cumulative) : float

POISSON

Returns the Poisson distribution. A common application of the Poisson distribution is predicting the number of events over a specific time, such as the number of cars arriving at a toll plaza in 1 minute.

Parameters

float $value
float $mean

Mean Value

bool $cumulative

Returns

float —

QUARTILE()

QUARTILE() : float

QUARTILE

Returns the quartile of a data set.

Excel Function: QUARTILE(value1[,value2[, ...]],entry)

Returns

float —

RANK()

RANK(mixed  $value, mixed  $valueSet, mixed  $order) : float

RANK

Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers.

Parameters

mixed $value
mixed $valueSet
mixed $order

Returns

float —

RSQ()

RSQ(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues) : float

RSQ

Returns the square of the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient through data points in known_y's and known_x's.

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues

Returns

float —

SKEW()

SKEW() : float

SKEW

Returns the skewness of a distribution. Skewness characterizes the degree of asymmetry of a distribution around its mean. Positive skewness indicates a distribution with an asymmetric tail extending toward more positive values. Negative skewness indicates a distribution with an asymmetric tail extending toward more negative values.

Returns

float —

SLOPE()

SLOPE(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues) : float

SLOPE

Returns the slope of the linear regression line through data points in known_y's and known_x's.

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues

Returns

float —

SMALL()

SMALL() : float

SMALL

Returns the nth smallest value in a data set. You can use this function to select a value based on its relative standing.

Excel Function: SMALL(value1[,value2[, ...]],entry)

Returns

float —

STANDARDIZE()

STANDARDIZE(float  $value, float  $mean, float  $stdDev) : float

STANDARDIZE

Returns a normalized value from a distribution characterized by mean and standard_dev.

Parameters

float $value

Value to normalize

float $mean

Mean Value

float $stdDev

Standard Deviation

Returns

float —

Standardized value

STDEV()

STDEV() : float

STDEV

Estimates standard deviation based on a sample. The standard deviation is a measure of how widely values are dispersed from the average value (the mean).

Excel Function: STDEV(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

STDEVA()

STDEVA() : float

STDEVA

Estimates standard deviation based on a sample, including numbers, text, and logical values

Excel Function: STDEVA(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

STDEVP()

STDEVP() : float

STDEVP

Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population

Excel Function: STDEVP(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

STDEVPA()

STDEVPA() : float

STDEVPA

Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population, including numbers, text, and logical values

Excel Function: STDEVPA(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

STEYX()

STEYX(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues) : float

STEYX

Returns the standard error of the predicted y-value for each x in the regression.

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues

Returns

float —

TDIST()

TDIST(float  $value, float  $degrees, float  $tails) : float

TDIST

Returns the probability of Student's T distribution.

Parameters

float $value

Value for the function

float $degrees

degrees of freedom

float $tails

number of tails (1 or 2)

Returns

float —

TINV()

TINV(float  $probability, float  $degrees) : float

TINV

Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution.

Parameters

float $probability

Probability for the function

float $degrees

degrees of freedom

Returns

float —

TREND()

TREND(mixed  $yValues, mixed  $xValues = array(), mixed  $newValues = array(), mixed  $const = True) : array

TREND

Returns values along a linear trend

Parameters

mixed $yValues
mixed $xValues
mixed $newValues
mixed $const

Returns

array —

of float

TRIMMEAN()

TRIMMEAN() : float

TRIMMEAN

Returns the mean of the interior of a data set. TRIMMEAN calculates the mean taken by excluding a percentage of data points from the top and bottom tails of a data set.

Excel Function: TRIMEAN(value1[,value2[, ...]],$discard)

Returns

float —

VARFunc()

VARFunc() : float

VARFunc

Estimates variance based on a sample.

Excel Function: VAR(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

VARA()

VARA() : float

VARA

Estimates variance based on a sample, including numbers, text, and logical values

Excel Function: VARA(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

VARP()

VARP() : float

VARP

Calculates variance based on the entire population

Excel Function: VARP(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

VARPA()

VARPA() : float

VARPA

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

Excel Function: VARPA(value1[,value2[, ...]])

Returns

float —

WEIBULL()

WEIBULL(float  $value, float  $alpha, float  $beta, bool  $cumulative) : float

WEIBULL

Returns the Weibull distribution. Use this distribution in reliability analysis, such as calculating a device's mean time to failure.

Parameters

float $value
float $alpha

Alpha Parameter

float $beta

Beta Parameter

bool $cumulative

Returns

float —

ZTEST()

ZTEST(float  $dataSet, float  $m0, float  $sigma = NULL) : float

ZTEST

Returns the Weibull distribution. Use this distribution in reliability analysis, such as calculating a device's mean time to failure.

Parameters

float $dataSet
float $m0

Alpha Parameter

float $sigma

Beta Parameter

Returns

float —

_checkTrendArrays()

_checkTrendArrays(mixed  $array1, mixed  $array2) : mixed

Parameters

mixed $array1
mixed $array2

Returns

mixed —

_beta()

_beta(mixed  $p, mixed  $q) : mixed

Beta function.

Parameters

mixed $p
mixed $q

Returns

mixed —

_incompleteBeta()

_incompleteBeta(mixed  $x, mixed  $p, mixed  $q) : mixed

Incomplete beta function

Parameters

mixed $x
mixed $p
mixed $q

Returns

mixed —

_logBeta()

_logBeta(mixed  $p, mixed  $q) : mixed

The natural logarithm of the beta function.

Parameters

mixed $p
mixed $q

Returns

mixed —

_betaFraction()

_betaFraction(mixed  $x, mixed  $p, mixed  $q) : mixed

Evaluates of continued fraction part of incomplete beta function.

Based on an idea from Numerical Recipes (W.H. Press et al, 1992).

Parameters

mixed $x
mixed $p
mixed $q

Returns

mixed —

_logGamma()

_logGamma(mixed  $x) : mixed

Parameters

mixed $x

Returns

mixed —

_incompleteGamma()

_incompleteGamma(mixed  $a, mixed  $x) : mixed

Parameters

mixed $a
mixed $x

Returns

mixed —

_gamma()

_gamma(mixed  $data) : mixed

Parameters

mixed $data

Returns

mixed —

_inverse_ncdf()

_inverse_ncdf(mixed  $p) : mixed

Parameters

mixed $p

Returns

mixed —

_inverse_ncdf2()

_inverse_ncdf2(mixed  $prob) : mixed

Parameters

mixed $prob

Returns

mixed —

_inverse_ncdf3()

_inverse_ncdf3(mixed  $p) : mixed

Parameters

mixed $p

Returns

mixed —

_modeCalc()

_modeCalc(mixed  $data) : mixed

Parameters

mixed $data

Returns

mixed —