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reg-ss: The regression sum of squares.
reside-ss: The residual sum of squares.

Usage Notes

It does not matter whether the known x values and known y values are in rows or

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columns. In either case, the returned array is ordered by rows as illustrated in the
table.
The example assumed five sets of known x values. If there were more or less than

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five, the number of columns in the returned array would change accordingly (it is
always equal to the number of sets of known x values plus 1), but the number of
rows would remain constant.
If additional statistics are not specified in the arguments to LINEST, the returned

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array is equal to the first row only.

LOGINV

The LOGINV function returns the inverse of the log-normal cumulative distribution
function of x.

LOGINV(probability, mean, stdev)

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probability: A probability associated with the distribution. probability is a number
value and must be greater than 0 and less than 1.

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mean: The mean of the natural logarithm, that is, ln

(x)

. mean is a number value and

is the average (arithmetic mean) of ln

(x)

; the natural logarithm of x.

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stdev: The standard deviation of the population. stdev is a number value and must
be greater than 0.

Usage Notes

LOGINV is appropriate where the logarithm of x is normally distributed.

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Example

=LOGINV(0.78, 1.7, 2.2) returns 29.9289150377259.

Related Topics
For related functions and additional information, see:

“LN” on page 179

“LOGNORMDIST” on page 269

“Listing of Statistical Functions” on page 225

Value Types” on page 36

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Chapter 10

Statistical Functions