Statistical functions
Function
Description
AVEDEV
Returns the average of the absolute deviations of data
points from their mean
AVERAGE
Returns the average of its arguments
AVERAGEA
Returns the average of its arguments, including numbers,
text, and logical values
AVERAGEIF
Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all the cells in a
range that meet a given criteria
AVERAGEIFS
Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all cells that meet
multiple criteria.
BETADIST
Returns the beta cumulative distribution function
BETAINV
Returns the inverse of the cumulative distribution function
for a specified beta distribution
BINOMDIST
Returns the individual term binomial distribution probability
CHIDIST
Returns the one-tailed probability of the chi-squared
distribution
CHIINV
Returns the inverse of the one-tailed probability of the chisquared distribution
CHITEST
Returns the test for independence
CONFIDENC
E
Returns the confidence interval for a population mean
CORREL
Returns the correlation coefficient between two data sets
COUNT
Counts how many numbers are in the list of arguments
COUNTA
Counts how many values are in the list of arguments
COUNTBLAN
K
Counts the number of blank cells within a range
COUNTIF
Counts the number of cells within a range that meet the
given criteria
COUNTIFS
Counts the number of cells within a range that meet
multiple criteria
COVAR
Returns covariance, the average of the products of paired
deviations
CRITBINOM
Returns the smallest value for which the cumulative
binomial distribution is less than or equal to a criterion
value
DEVSQ
Returns the sum of squares of deviations
EXPONDIST
Returns the exponential distribution
FDIST
Returns the F probability distribution
FINV
Returns the inverse of the F probability distribution
FISHER
Returns the Fisher transformation
FISHERINV
Returns the inverse of the Fisher transformation
FORECAST
Returns a value along a linear trend
FREQUENCY
Returns a frequency distribution as a vertical array
FTEST
Returns the result of an F-test
GAMMADIST
Returns the gamma distribution
GAMMAINV
Returns the inverse of the gamma cumulative distribution
GAMMALN
Returns the natural logarithm of the gamma function, (x)
GEOMEAN
Returns the geometric mean
GROWTH
Returns values along an exponential trend
HARMEAN
Returns the harmonic mean
HYPGEOMDI
ST
Returns the hypergeometric distribution
INTERCEPT
Returns the intercept of the linear regression line
KURT
Returns the kurtosis of a data set
LARGE
Returns the k-th largest value in a data set
LINEST
Returns the parameters of a linear trend
LOGEST
Returns the parameters of an exponential trend
LOGINV
Returns the inverse of the lognormal distribution
LOGNORMDI
ST
Returns the cumulative lognormal distribution
MAX
Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments
MAXA
Returns the maximum value in a list of arguments, including
numbers, text, and logical values
MEDIAN
Returns the median of the given numbers
MIN
Returns the minimum value in a list of arguments
MINA
Returns the smallest value in a list of arguments, including
numbers, text, and logical values
MODE
Returns the most common value in a data set
NEGBINOMD
IST
Returns the negative binomial distribution
NORMDIST
Returns the normal cumulative distribution
NORMINV
Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution
NORMSDIST
Returns the standard normal cumulative distribution
NORMSINV
Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative
distribution
PEARSON
Returns the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient
PERCENTILE
Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range
PERCENTRA
NK
Returns the percentage rank of a value in a data set
PERMUT
Returns the number of permutations for a given number of
objects
POISSON
Returns the Poisson distribution
PROB
Returns the probability that values in a range are between
two limits
QUARTILE
Returns the quartile of a data set
RANK
Returns the rank of a number in a list of numbers
RSQ
Returns the square of the Pearson product moment
correlation coefficient
SKEW
Returns the skewness of a distribution
SLOPE
Returns the slope of the linear regression line
SMALL
Returns the k-th smallest value in a data set
STANDARDI
ZE
Returns a normalized value
STDEV
Estimates standard deviation based on a sample
STDEVA
Estimates standard deviation based on a sample, including
numbers, text, and logical values
STDEVP
Calculates standard deviation based on the entire
population
STDEVPA
Calculates standard deviation based on the entire
population, including numbers, text, and logical values
STEYX
Returns the standard error of the predicted y-value for each
x in the regression
TDIST
Returns the Student's t-distribution
TINV
Returns the inverse of the Student's t-distribution
TREND
Returns values along a linear trend
TRIMMEAN
Returns the mean of the interior of a data set
TTEST
Returns the probability associated with a Student's t-test
VAR
Estimates variance based on a sample
VARA
Estimates variance based on a sample, including numbers,
text, and logical values
VARP
Calculates variance based on the entire population
VARPA
Calculates variance based on the entire population,
including numbers, text, and logical values
WEIBULL
Returns the Weibull distribution
ZTEST
Returns the one-tailed probability-value of a z-test
