From 3ceee913def605d1f2e4c42545b8b4a6d56a13aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adolfo Jayme Barrientos Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 13:47:08 -0600 Subject: Minor tweaks to statistics help content MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit - Use “Choose” rather than “Menu” in menu paths for consistency - Remove the UI-only convention of using an ellipsis - Drop a linkless paragraph of “Refer to Wikipedia”, it’s useless if it doesn’t have a link - Now that we’re on Wikipedia links, refer to them more elegantly and add a dot to end the paragraph Change-Id: I6e3964b8926710cd57ee6750fddb039c2c846c34 --- source/text/scalc/01/02140700.xhp | 3 --- source/text/scalc/01/statistics.xhp | 42 ++++++++++++++++++------------------- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'source') diff --git a/source/text/scalc/01/02140700.xhp b/source/text/scalc/01/02140700.xhp index 123bca5650..eee3aa0e3d 100644 --- a/source/text/scalc/01/02140700.xhp +++ b/source/text/scalc/01/02140700.xhp @@ -184,8 +184,5 @@ Truncate the number to a given number of Decimal Places. Decimal places Number of decimal places of the numbers generated. -
-For more information on the distributions, see the Wikipedia -
diff --git a/source/text/scalc/01/statistics.xhp b/source/text/scalc/01/statistics.xhp index 1d143c9c0a..df5db95707 100644 --- a/source/text/scalc/01/statistics.xhp +++ b/source/text/scalc/01/statistics.xhp @@ -250,10 +250,10 @@ Descriptive Statistics Fill a table in the spreadsheet with the main statistical properties of the data set.
-Menu Data - Statistics - Descriptive Statistics... +Choose Data - Statistics - Descriptive Statistics
The Descriptive Statistics analysis tool generates a report of univariate statistics for data in the input range, providing information about the central tendency and variability of your data. -For more information, please visit the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_statistics +For more information on descriptive statistics, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. The following table displays the results of the descriptive statistics of the sample data above. @@ -466,10 +466,10 @@ Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Produces the analysis of variance (ANOVA) of a given data set
-Menu Data - Statistics - Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)... +Choose Data - Statistics - Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
-ANOVA is the acronym for ANalysis Of VAriance. Produces the analysis of variance (ANOVA) of a given data set -For more information, please visit the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOVA +ANOVA is the acronym for ANalysis Of VAriance. This tool produces the analysis of variance of a given data set +For more information on ANOVA, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. Type Select if the analysis is for a single factor or for two factor ANOVA. Parameters @@ -700,12 +700,12 @@ Correlation Calculates the correlation of two sets of numeric data.
-Menu Data - Statistics - Correlation... +Choose Data - Statistics - Correlation
The correlation coefficient (a value between -1 and +1) means how strongly two variables are related to each other. You can use the CORREL function or the Data Statistics to find the correlation coefficient between two variables. A correlation coefficient of +1 indicates a perfect positive correlation. A correlation coefficient of -1 indicates a perfect negative correlation -For more information on statistical correlation, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation +For more information on statistical correlation, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. The following table displays the results of the correlation of the sample data above.
@@ -774,10 +774,10 @@ Covariance Calculates the covariance of two sets of numeric data.
-Menu Data - Statistics - Covariance... +Choose Data - Statistics - Covariance
The covariance is a measure of how much two random variables change together. -For more information on statistical covariance, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covariance +For more information on statistical covariance, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. The following table displays the results of the covariance of the sample data above.
@@ -846,10 +846,10 @@ Exponential Smoothing Results in a smoothed data series
-Menu Data - Statistics - Exponential Smoothing... +Choose Data - Statistics - Exponential Smoothing
Exponential smoothing is a filtering technique that when applied to a data set, produces smoothed results. It is employed in many domains such as stock market, economics and in sampled measurements. -For more information on exponential smoothing, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_smoothing +For more information on exponential smoothing, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. Parameters Smoothing Factor: A parameter between 0 and 1 that represents the damping factor Alpha in the smoothing equation. The resulting smoothing is below with smoothing factor as 0.5: @@ -1001,9 +1001,9 @@ Moving Average Calculates the moving average of a time series
-Menu Data - Statistics - Moving Average... +Choose Data - Statistics - Moving Average
-You can get more details about moving average in the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average +For more information on the moving average, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. Parameters Interval: The number of samples used in the moving average calculation. Results of the moving average: @@ -1133,10 +1133,10 @@ t-test Calculates the t-Test of two data samples.
-Menu Data - Statistics - t-test... +Choose Data - Statistics - t-test
A t-test is any statistical hypothesis test that follows a Student's t distribution. -For more information on t-tests, see the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-test +For more information on t-tests, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. Data Variable 1 range: The reference of the range of the first data series to analyze. Variable 2 range: The reference of the range of the second data series to analyze. @@ -1319,10 +1319,10 @@ F-test Calculates the F-Test of two data samples.
-Menu Data - Statistics - F-test... +Choose Data - Statistics - F-test
A F-test is any statistical test based on the F-distribution under the null hypothesis. -For more information on F-tests, see the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-test +For more information on F-tests, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. Data Variable 1 range: The reference of the range of the first data series to analyze. Variable 2 range: The reference of the range of the second data series to analyze. @@ -1487,9 +1487,9 @@ Z-test Calculates the z-Test of two data samples.
-Menu Data - Statistics - Z-test... +Choose Data - Statistics - Z-test
-For more information on Z-tests, see the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-test +For more information on Z-tests, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. Data Variable 1 range: The reference of the range of the first data series to analyze. Variable 2 range: The reference of the range of the second data series to analyze. @@ -1642,9 +1642,9 @@ Chi-square test Calculates the Chi-square test of a data sample.
-Menu Data - Statistics - Chi-square Test... +Choose Data - Statistics - Chi-square Test
-For more information on Chi-square tests, see the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-square_test +For more information on chi-square tests, refer to the corresponding Wikipedia article. Data Input range: The reference of the range of the data series to analyze. Results to: The reference of the top left cell of the range where the test will be displayed. -- cgit