This function returns the hypergeometric distribution.

Syntax

HYPGEOMDIST(x,n,M,N)

Arguments

The arguments are as follows, and are truncated if not integers:

Argument	Description
x	An integer representing the number of successes in the sample
n	An integer representing the size of the sample
M	An integer representing the number of successes in the population
N	An integer representing the size of the population

Remarks

The equation for this function is:

Data Types

Accepts numeric data for all arguments. Returns numeric data.

Examples

HYPGEOMDIST(A22,B23,62,1000)

HYPGEOMDIST(R22C11,R22C12,R34C14,R35C15)

HYPGEOMDIST(2,37,6,100) gives the result 0.3327981975

Version Available

This function is available in product version 1.0 or later.

See Also

BINOMDIST | GAMMADIST | Statistical Functions