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Data Type: Float | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A floating point (ie not an integer) number.If the value is a string, the function will attempt to convert it to a number, using the part of the string from the start to the first non-numeric character (ie not one of 0123456789+-*/^). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The use of DistMin, DistMid and DistMax is to speed up data input by enabling you to specify a distribution using layman"s terms instead of specifying statistical parameters. Strict statistical paramteres can be used with any of the stand-alone distribution functions if so desired. The values of DistMin, DistMid and DistMax are as follows:
Percentages refer to cumulative probability levels. For functions where the maximum and minimum do not (and could not) represent the limits of the distribution (such as the Normal, which attenuates gently to zero over and infinitely long tail) the distribution is truncated at the probability levels specified above. In otherwords, the distribution function will force values outside of the central 98% (1%>p>99%) to the specified minimum or maximum. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Example: 0 |