NEGBINOMDIST

NEGBINOMDIST

Synopsis

NEGBINOMDIST(f,t,p)

Description

NEGBINOMDIST function returns the negative binomial distribution. f is the number of failures, t is the threshold number of successes, and p is the probability of a success.

  • If f or t is a non-integer it is truncated.
  • If (f + t -1) <= 0 NEGBINOMDIST returns #NUM! error.
  • If p < 0 or p > 1 NEGBINOMDIST returns #NUM! error.
  • This function is Excel compatible.

Examples

NEGBINOMDIST(2,5,0.55) equals 0.152872629.