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How To Use BINOMDIST() Function in Google Sheets

Description

Calculates the probability of drawing a certain number of successes (or a maximum number of successes) in a certain number of tries given a population of a certain size containing a certain number of successes, with replacement of draws.

Common questions about the BINOMDIST formula:
• How is this formula relevant to probability analysis?
• What is the syntax of the BINOMDIST formula?
• How do I use this formula to calculate the outcome of a binary event?

How can the BINOMDIST formula be used appropriately:
• To calculate the probability of a binary occurrence (for example, the probability of getting a heads on a coin toss)
• To determine the probability of a certain number of successes in a given number of trials
• To calculate the probability of a certain number of successes occurring in a certain time frame

How can the BINOMDIST formula be commonly mistyped:
• BINOMIALDISTRIBUTION instead of BINOMDIST
• BINOMDISTR instead of BINOMDIST
• BINOMIALDIST instead of BINOMDIST

What are some common ways the BINOMDIST formula is used inappropriately:
• Using the wrong formula (e.g. using NORMDIST instead of BINOMDIST)
• Not entering the correct number of trials
• Using the wrong units of measurement (e.g. using % instead of probability values)

What are some common pitfalls when using the BINOMDIST formula:
• Not specifying the number of trials
• Not entering the correct success rate
• Not paying attention to the order of the parameters (number of successes, number of trials, success rate)
• Using a number of successes greater than the number of trials

What are common mistakes when using the BINOMDIST Formula:
• Not specifying the number of successes or number of trials
• Forgetting to specify the success rate
• Mixing up the order of the parameters (number of successes, number of trials, success rate)
• Providing a fraction instead of a probability value

What are common misconceptions people might have with the BINOMDIST Formula:
• That the BINOMDIST formula can only be used for binary outcomes 
• That the BINOMDIST formula can only be used to calculate the probability of a certain number of successes in a certain number of trials 
• That the BINOMDIST formula can only be used to calculate the probability of a certain number of successes occurring in a certain time frame.

How To Actually Use BINOMDIST() in Sheets

BINOMDIST(num_successes, num_trials, prob_success, cumulative)

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