<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>PEARSON Function</title> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="description" content="" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../editor.css" /> </head> <body> <div class="mainpart"> <h1>PEARSON Function</h1> <p>The <b>PEARSON</b> function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to return the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient.</p> <p>The <b>PEARSON</b> function syntax is:</p> <p style="text-indent: 150px;"><b><em>PEARSON(array-1, array-2)</em></b></p> <p>where <b><em>array-1</em></b> and <b><em>array-2</em></b> are the selected ranges of cells with the same number of elements.</p> <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> if <b><em>array-1(2)</em></b> contains text, logical values, or empty cells, the function will ignore those values, but treat the cells with the zero values.</p> <p>To apply the <b>PEARSON</b> function,</p> <ol> <li>select the cell where you wish to display the result,</li> <li>click the <b>Insert Function</b> <img alt="Insert Function icon" src="../images/insertfunction.png" /> icon situated at the top toolbar, <br />or right-click within a selected cell and select the <b>Insert Function</b> option from the menu, <br />or click the <img alt="Function icon" src="../images/function.png" /> icon situated at the formula bar, </li> <li>select the <b>Statistical</b> function group from the list,</li> <li>click the <b>PEARSON</b> function,</li> <li>enter the required arguments separating them by commas,</li> <li>press the <b>Enter</b> button.</li> </ol> <p>The result will be displayed in the selected cell.</p> <p style="text-indent: 150px;"><img alt="PEARSON Function" src="../images/pearson.png" /></p> </div> </body> </html>