A function is designed to do a specific kind of task, like the way the MAX function can only calculate the highest value in a range. Functions are predefined formulas that do tasks in a simpler way, saving the user time. A function normally has a standard process so it can be applied to any values that the user supplies. A formula can consist of functions and can do a wide range of things. A formula can be a particular function used to do a specific calculation. What-if analysis uses formulas or functions to enable you to work out what happens in similar situations using different values. The formulas stay the same and then different values can be used to experiment to see what happens in different situations.
In a spreadsheet a built-in formula is called a function.
They are the same. The full name is the Probability Distribution Function (pdf).
Goal Seek is not a function or an analysis tool. It is a tool that is used to establish a value to be used for a formula. What If and the IF function can be used for analysis. The NOW function is a function but it is not an analysis tool.
A formula. It can also be a function.
COUNTIF counts things that meet certain criteria. The IF function can help a spreadsheet to make decisions. See the related question below.
Spreadsheet is a computer program used for calculating, organising, analysing data, and display results
collecting data
collecting data
Delta is a function in an Excel spreadsheet that denotes the syntax of a series of numbers. Excel is a spreadsheet program created by Microsoft that many businesses and families use for budgets and accounting.
It is to convert a function into a sum of sine (or cosine) functions so as to simplify its analysis.
Analysis is the process of breaking down a complex object into its simple forms. However, analytics is the science of analysis whereby statistics, data mining, computer technology, etc... is used in doing analysis. Basically, analysis and analytics perform the same function but in the sense that analytics is the application of science to analysis.
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