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The formula for NORMSDIST is wrong?
nI tried using the equation from the help menu to verify NORMSDIST(1.3333),
as follows: (EXP(-POWER(1.3333,2)/2))/SQRT(2*PI()) but I don't get the same answer. Instead, I get 0.164017. What am I doing wrong? |
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The formula for NORMSDIST is wrong?
normSdist always returns the cumulative value (ie the area under the curve
up to value of z) normdist lets you choose cumulative or not. Also the first is set for mean = 0, stdev=1 while the second allows you to specify these values. The formula =NORMDIST(1.3333,0,1,0) returns 0.164017 since the last argument of 0 specifies non-cumulative. best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "SyBorg" wrote in message ... nI tried using the equation from the help menu to verify NORMSDIST(1.3333), as follows: (EXP(-POWER(1.3333,2)/2))/SQRT(2*PI()) but I don't get the same answer. Instead, I get 0.164017. What am I doing wrong? |
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The formula for NORMSDIST is wrong?
"SyBorg" wrote in message
... nI tried using the equation from the help menu to verify NORMSDIST(1.3333), as follows: (EXP(-POWER(1.3333,2)/2))/SQRT(2*PI()) but I don't get the same answer. Instead, I get 0.164017. What am I doing wrong? Doesn't the help say that NORMSDIST is the *cumulative* function, whereas the (EXP(-POWER(z,2)/2))/SQRT(2*PI()) is the *density* function? Plot each against z. Integrate the density from z = - infinity and compare that with the cumulative. -- David Biddulph |
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