<p>The <b>Z.TEST</b> function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to return the one-tailed P-value of a z-test. For a given hypothesized population mean, x, <b>Z.TEST</b> returns the probability that the sample mean would be greater than the average of observations in the data set (array) — that is, the observed sample mean.</p>
<p>The <b>Z.TEST</b> function syntax is:</p>
<pstyle="text-indent: 150px;"><b><em>Z.TEST(array, x [, sigma])</em></b></p>
<p><em>where</em></p>
<pstyle="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>array</em></b> is the range of numeric values against which to test <b><em>x</em></b>.</p>
<pstyle="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>x</em></b> is the value to test.</p>
<pstyle="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>sigma</em></b> is a population standard deviation. This is an optional argument. If it is omitted, the sample standard deviation is used.</p>
<p>The values can be entered manually or included into the cell you make reference to.</p>
<p>To apply the <b>Z.TEST</b> function,</p>
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<li>select the cell where you wish to display the result,</li>