Formulas and Functions
Table Of Contents
- Formulas and Functions
- Contents
- Preface: Welcome to iWork Formulas & Functions
- Chapter 1: Using Formulas in Tables
- The Elements of Formulas
- Performing Instant Calculations in Numbers
- Using Predefined Quick Formulas
- Creating Your Own Formulas
- Removing Formulas
- Referring to Cells in Formulas
- Using Operators in Formulas
- The String Operator and the Wildcards
- Copying or Moving Formulas and Their Computed Values
- Viewing All Formulas in a Spreadsheet
- Finding and Replacing Formula Elements
- Chapter 2: Overview of the iWork Functions
- Chapter 3: Date and Time Functions
- Chapter 4: Duration Functions
- Chapter 5: Engineering Functions
- Chapter 6: Financial Functions
- Chapter 7: Logical and Information Functions
- Chapter 8: Numeric Functions
- Chapter 9: Reference Functions
- Chapter 10: Statistical Functions
- Listing of Statistical Functions
- AVEDEV
- AVERAGE
- AVERAGEA
- AVERAGEIF
- AVERAGEIFS
- BETADIST
- BETAINV
- BINOMDIST
- CHIDIST
- CHIINV
- CHITEST
- CONFIDENCE
- CORREL
- COUNT
- COUNTA
- COUNTBLANK
- COUNTIF
- COUNTIFS
- COVAR
- CRITBINOM
- DEVSQ
- EXPONDIST
- FDIST
- FINV
- FORECAST
- FREQUENCY
- GAMMADIST
- GAMMAINV
- GAMMALN
- GEOMEAN
- HARMEAN
- INTERCEPT
- LARGE
- LINEST
- Additional Statistics
- LOGINV
- LOGNORMDIST
- MAX
- MAXA
- MEDIAN
- MIN
- MINA
- MODE
- NEGBINOMDIST
- NORMDIST
- NORMINV
- NORMSDIST
- NORMSINV
- PERCENTILE
- PERCENTRANK
- PERMUT
- POISSON
- PROB
- QUARTILE
- RANK
- SLOPE
- SMALL
- STANDARDIZE
- STDEV
- STDEVA
- STDEVP
- STDEVPA
- TDIST
- TINV
- TTEST
- VAR
- VARA
- VARP
- VARPA
- ZTEST
- Chapter 11: Text Functions
- Chapter 12: Trigonometric Functions
- Chapter 13: Additional Examples and Topics
- Index
Chapter 10 Statistical Functions 263
 x-numbers: The collection containing the x (independent) values. x-numbers is a
collection containing number values.
Usage Notes
The two arrays must be of the same size. Â
To nd the slope of the best-t line, use the SLOPE function. Â
Example
In this example, the INTERCEPT function is used to determine the y-intercept of the best-t line
for the temperature that this hypothetical homeowner has set on the thermostat (the dependent
variable), based on the price of heating oil (the independent variable).
=INTERCEPT(B2:B11, A2:A11) evaluates to approximately 78, above the highest hypothetical value as
the best-t line sloping downward (as prices rose, the thermostat was lowered).
Related Topics
For related functions and additional information, see:
“SLOPE” on page 287
“Listing of Statistical Functions” on page 225
“Value Types” on page 36
“The Elements of Formulas” on page 15
“Using the Keyboard and Mouse to Create and Edit Formulas” on page 26
“Pasting from Examples in Help” on page 41