SLOPE Function

The SLOPE function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to return the slope of the linear regression line through data in two arrays.

Syntax

SLOPE(known_y's, known_x's)

The SLOPE function has the following arguments:

Argument	Description
known_y's	The dependent data range.
known_x's	The independent data range with the same number of elements as known_y's contains.

Notes

If known_y's or known_x's contains text, logical values, or empty cells, the function will ignore those values, but treat the cells with the zero values.

How to apply the SLOPE function.

Examples

The figure below displays the result returned by the SLOPE function.