Calculates the probability of drawing a certain number of successes in a certain number of tries given a population of a certain size containing a certain number of successes, without replacement of draws.
Sample Usage
HYPGEOMDIST(4,12,20,40)
HYPGEOMDIST(A2,A3,A4,A5)
Syntax
HYPGEOMDIST(num_successes, num_draws, successes_in_pop, pop_size)
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num_successes- The desired number of successes. -
num_draws- The number of permitted draws. -
successes_in_pop- The total number of successes in the population. -
pop_size- The total size of the population
Notes
BINOMDISTdescribes the probability of drawing a certain number of successes in a certain number of tries given a population of a certain size containing a certain number of successes, with replacement of draws.
See Also
NORMSINV: Returns the value of the inverse standard normal distribution function for a specified value.
NORMSDIST: Returns the value of the standard normal cumulative distribution function for a specified value.
NORMINV: Returns the value of the inverse normal distribution function for a specified value, mean, and standard deviation.
NORMDIST: The NORMDIST function returns the value of the normal distribution function (or normal cumulative distribution function) for a specified value, mean, and standard deviation.
NEGBINOMDIST: Calculates the probability of drawing a certain number of failures before a certain number of successes given a probability of success in independent trials.
LOGNORMDIST: Returns the value of the log-normal cumulative distribution with given mean and standard deviation at a specified value.
LOGINV: Returns the value of the inverse log-normal cumulative distribution with given mean and standard deviation at a specified value.
EXPONDIST: Returns the value of the exponential distribution function with a specified lambda at a specified value.
BINOMDIST: Calculates the probability of drawing a certain number of successes (or a maximum number of successes) in a certain number of tries given a population of a certain size containing a certain number of successes, with replacement of draws.