PROB

Given a set of values and corresponding probabilities, calculates the probability that a value chosen at random falls between two limits.

Sample usage

PROB({1,2,3,4},{0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25},3)

PROB(A2:A100,B2:B100,C2,C3)

Syntax

PROB(data, probabilities, low_limit, [high_limit])

• data – The array or range containing the data set to consider.

• probabilities – The array or range containing probabilities corresponding to data.

  • Each value in probabilities must be greater than 0 and less than or equal to 1.

• low_limit – The lower bound on the value range for which the probability is calculated.

• high_limit – [ OPTIONAL – low_limit by default ] – The upper bound on the value range for which the probability is calculated.

  • If high_limit is omitted, PROB calculates the probability that a value chosen at random is exactly equal to low_limit.

Notes

• The number of values in data and probabilities must be the same.

See also

CRITBINOM: Calculates the smallest value for which the cumulative binomial distribution is greater than or equal to a specified criteria.

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.

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