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Type these into any cell. The examples reuse numbers from the topics, so you can check each answer.

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Mean, median, mode
=AVERAGE(A2:A21)
=MEDIAN(A2:A21)
=MODE.MULT(A2:A21)
MODE.MULT returns every mode when there is a tie.
Sample SD and variance
=STDEV.S(A2:A21)
=VAR.S(A2:A21)
Use STDEV.P and VAR.P for a whole population.
Coefficient of variation
=STDEV.S(A2:A21)/AVERAGE(A2:A21)
Correlation and covariance
=CORREL(A2:A21,B2:B21)
=COVARIANCE.S(A2:A21,B2:B21)
Combinations
=COMBIN(5,2)
Returns 10.
Binomial
=BINOM.DIST(2,8,0.2,FALSE)
=BINOM.DIST(2,8,0.2,TRUE)
Exactly 2 is 0.294; at most 2 is 0.797.
Poisson
=POISSON.DIST(3,3,FALSE)
=POISSON.DIST(4,6,TRUE)
Exactly 3 is 0.224; at most 4 is 0.285.
Normal areas and cutoffs
=NORM.DIST(525,400,50,TRUE)
=NORM.INV(0.9,400,50)
0.9938, and 464.1 cups.
Critical values
=NORM.S.INV(0.975)
=T.INV.2T(0.05,15)
1.96 and 2.131.
Confidence interval margins
=CONFIDENCE.NORM(0.05,5,25)
=CONFIDENCE.T(0.05,12,16)
1.96 and 6.39. Add and subtract from the mean.
Simple regression
=SLOPE(B2:B7,A2:A7)
=INTERCEPT(B2:B7,A2:A7)
=RSQ(B2:B7,A2:A7)
y values first, then x.
Full regression output
Data > Data Analysis > Regression
Turn on the Analysis ToolPak add-in first. It gives the F test, t tests, and residuals.