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GAMMADIST


Name

Gamma distribution

Description

Returns the gamma distribution.

Syntax

GAMMADIST(x,alpha,beta,cumulative)

Remarks

This function has the following arguments:

Argument Description
x Value at which to evaluate the distribution
alpha Alpha parameter of the distribution
beta Beta parameter of the distribution
cumulative Logical value that determines the form of the function If cumulative is TRUE, then this function returns the cumulative distribution function; if FALSE, it returns the probability mass function

The equation for this function is:Data Type

Accepts numeric data for all arguments. Returns numeric data. For more information, see Data Type for Each Cell Type.

Example

GAMMADIST(A5,1,3,FALSE)
GAMMADIST(R5C1,2,1,TRUE)
GAMMADIST(4,3,2,TRUE)=0.3233235838

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