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| | *This distribution is the Continuous Probability Distribution on the positive real line and it is of the reciprocal of a variable distributed according to the gamma distribution with two parameters <math>\alpha</math> & <math>\beta</math>. | | *This distribution is the Continuous Probability Distribution on the positive real line and it is of the reciprocal of a variable distributed according to the gamma distribution with two parameters <math>\alpha</math> & <math>\beta</math>. |
| | *It is used in Bayesian statistics. | | *It is used in Bayesian statistics. |
| − | *In <math>GAMMAINV(prob,\alpha,\beta)</math> , <math>prob</math> is the probability value associated with Gamma Distribution,<math>\alpha</math> is called shape parameter and <math>beta</math> is the rate parameter of the distribution. | + | *In <math>GAMMAINV(prob,alpha,beta)</math> , <math>prob</math> is the probability value associated with Gamma Distribution,<math>alpha</math> is called shape parameter and <math>beta</math> is the rate parameter of the distribution. |
| − | *If <math>GAMMADIST(x,\alpha,\beta,TRUE)=prob</math>, then <math>GAMMAINV(prob,\alpha,\beta)= x</math>. | + | *If <math>GAMMADIST(x,alpha,beta,TRUE)=prob</math>, then <math>GAMMAINV(prob,alpha,beta)= x</math>. |
| | *GAMMAINV use the iterating method to find the value of <math>x</math>. | | *GAMMAINV use the iterating method to find the value of <math>x</math>. |
| | *Suppose the iteration has not converged after 100 searches, then the function gives the error result. | | *Suppose the iteration has not converged after 100 searches, then the function gives the error result. |
| | *This function will give the error result when | | *This function will give the error result when |
| | 1.Any one of the arguments are non-numeric | | 1.Any one of the arguments are non-numeric |
| − | 2.<math>\alpha \le 0 </math> or <math>\beta \le 0 </math> | + | 2.<math>alpha \le 0 </math> or <math>beta \le 0 </math> |
| | 3.<math>prob < 0</math> or <math> prob > 1 </math> | | 3.<math>prob < 0</math> or <math> prob > 1 </math> |
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