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Functions
Functions are predefined formulas for
mathematical operations
They perform calculations by using specific
values, called arguments
Arguments indicate data or a range of cells
Arguments are performed, in a particular
order, called the syntax.
Functions
Functions are predefined formulas for
mathematical operations
They perform calculations by using specific
values, called arguments
Arguments are performed, in a particular
order, called the syntax.
For example, the SUM function adds values
or ranges of cells
AVERAGE (MEAN)
MEDIAN
MODE
SUM
STANDARD DEVIATION
Functions
The syntax of a function begins with the function
name
followed by an opening parenthesis
the arguments for the function
separated by commas
a closing parenthesis.
If the function starts a formula, an equal sign (=)
is typed before the function name.
Arguments
Typical arguments are numbers, text, arrays,
and cell references.
Arguments can also be constants, formulas,
or other functions.
Data Array
=FUNCTION (Argument1)
=SUM(A2:A9)
=AVERAGE(A2:A9)
=STDEVA(A2:A9)
SUM Function
Sales Call Example
X SUM ( A2 : A9)
sx
x x
n 1
STDEVA ( A 2 : A 9 )
Proportion
=COUNT
=COUNTIF
DIVIDE COUNTIF BY COUNT
=D3/D2
Frequency Distributions
There are alternative ways of constructing
frequency distributions
COUNTIF function
HISTOGRAM function
=COUNTIF(A6:A134,1)
=D4/D9*100
Histogram Function
Tools -Data Analysis-Histogram
Bins
Correlation
Change in Ticket
Price
Change in
Player Salary
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999 2000
2001
Regression Analysis