CRITBINOM

CRITBINOM

Synopsis

CRITBINOM(trials,p,alpha)

Description

CRITBINOM function returns the smallest value for which the cumulative is greater than or equal to a given value. n is the number of trials, p is the probability of success in trials, and alpha is the criterion value.

  • If trials is a non-integer it is truncated.
  • If trials < 0 CRITBINOM returns #NUM! error.
  • If p < 0 or p > 1 CRITBINOM returns #NUM! error.
  • If alpha < 0 or alpha > 1 CRITBINOM returns #NUM! error.
  • This function is Excel compatible.

Examples

CRITBINOM(10,0.5,0.75) equals 6.

See also

BINOMDIST.