BETA.DIST DAX Function (Statistical)

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Returns the beta distribution. The beta distribution is commonly used to study variation in the percentage of something across samples, such as the fraction of the day people spend watching television.

Syntax

BETA.DIST ( <X>, <Alpha>, <Beta>, <Cumulative> [, <A>] [, <B>] )
Parameter Attributes Description
X

The value between A and B at which to evaluate the function.
Alpha

A parameter of the distribution.
Beta

A parameter of the distribution.
Cumulative

A logical value that determines the form of the function. If cumulative is TRUE, BETA.DIST returns the cumulative distribution function; if FALSE, it returns the probability density function.
A Optional

A lower bound to the interval of x.
B Optional

An upper bound to the interval of x.

Return values

Scalar A single decimal value.

Returns the beta distribution.

Remarks

Alpha and Beta must be greater than 0. They can have decimal places. The function does not round them. X must be between A and B, and A must be less than B. X can be equal to A or to B. If you omit A and B, the function uses the standard beta distribution, where A is 0 and B is 1. Do not pass BLANK to A or B, because this returns an error. A text argument that can be converted to a number is converted. In all the other cases where an argument is not valid, BETA.DIST returns an error.

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Examples

--
--  Given the parameters of Alpha and Beta to define the shape of
--  the distribution, BETA.DIST returns the value of the probability
--  density function or the cumulative distribution function, depending
--  on the fourth argument.
--
--      BETA.DIST ( [Value], Alpha, Beta, Cumulative, LowerBound, UpperBound )
--
--  BETA.INV returns the inverse of BETA.DIST
--
--  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_distribution
--
DEFINE
    VAR Vals            = GENERATESERIES ( 0.01, 1, 0.02 )
    VAR Alpha           = 3.51
    VAR Beta            = 4.02
    VAR CumulativeTrue  = TRUE   -- Cumulative distribution function
    VAR CumulativeFalse = FALSE  -- Probability density function
    VAR LowerBound      = 0
    VAR UpperBound      = 1
EVALUATE
ADDCOLUMNS ( 
    Vals, 
    "Beta Dist",             -- Probability density function
        FORMAT ( 
            BETA.DIST ( [Value], Alpha, Beta, CumulativeFalse, LowerBound, UpperBound ),
            "#,0.0####"
        ),
    "Beta Dist Cumulative",  -- Cumulative distribution function
        FORMAT ( 
            BETA.DIST ( [Value], Alpha, Beta, CumulativeTrue, LowerBound, UpperBound ),
            "#,0.0####"
        ),
    "Beta Inv Cumulative",
        BETA.INV (  
            BETA.DIST ( [Value], Alpha, Beta, CumulativeTrue, LowerBound, UpperBound ),
            Alpha,
            Beta,
            LowerBound,
            UpperBound 
        )           
    )
Value Beta Dist Beta Dist Cumulative Beta Inv Cumulative
0.01 0.00089 0.0 0.01
0.03 0.01317 0.00011 0.03
0.05 0.04459 0.00066 0.05
0.07 0.09729 0.00204 0.07
0.09 0.17121 0.00469 0.09
0.11 0.26492 0.00902 0.11
0.13 0.37619 0.01541 0.13
0.15 0.50222 0.02417 0.15
0.17 0.63989 0.03557 0.17
0.19 0.78589 0.04982 0.19
0.21 0.93685 0.06704 0.21
0.23 1.08944 0.0873 0.23
0.25 1.24045 0.11061 0.25
0.27 1.38683 0.13689 0.27
0.29 1.52575 0.16603 0.29
0.31 1.65465 0.19785 0.31
0.33 1.77125 0.23213 0.33
0.35 1.87358 0.26861 0.35
0.37 1.96001 0.30697 0.37
0.39 2.02923 0.34689 0.39
0.41 2.08029 0.38802 0.41
0.43 2.11257 0.42998 0.43
0.45 2.1258 0.4724 0.45
0.47 2.12003 0.51489 0.47
0.49 2.09565 0.55707 0.49
0.51 2.05332 0.59859 0.51
0.53 1.99403 0.63909 0.53
0.55 1.919 0.67825 0.55
0.57 1.82972 0.71576 0.57
0.59 1.72786 0.75135 0.59
0.61 1.61531 0.7848 0.61
0.63 1.49409 0.81591 0.63
0.65 1.36635 0.84452 0.65
0.67 1.23431 0.87053 0.67
0.69 1.10024 0.89388 0.69
0.71 0.96642 0.91454 0.71
0.73 0.83507 0.93255 0.73
0.75 0.70835 0.94798 0.75
0.77 0.58827 0.96093 0.77
0.79 0.47666 0.97157 0.79
0.81 0.37514 0.98007 0.81
0.83 0.28504 0.98665 0.83
0.85 0.20735 0.99155 0.85
0.87 0.14268 0.99503 0.87
0.89 0.09121 0.99735 0.89
0.91 0.05261 0.99876 0.91
0.93 0.02601 0.99953 0.93
0.95 0.00993 0.99987 0.95
0.97 0.00224 0.99998 0.97
0.99 0.00009 1.0 0.99

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Last update: Oct 28, 2026   » Contribute   » Show contributors

Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo

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