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CONFIDENCE

Returns the confidence interval for a population mean. Replaced by CONFIDENCE.NORM.

Syntax

CONFIDENCE(alpha, standard_dev, size)

Parameters

  • alpha: Required. The significance level used to compute the confidence level
  • standard_dev: Required. The population standard deviation
  • size: Required. The sample size

Example

=CONFIDENCE(0.05, 2.5, 50)
Returns: NumberSince: Excel 2003