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Returns the cumulative probability  
 
Returns the cumulative probability  

Revision as of 00:40, 19 December 2015


CumNormal(X, mean, stddev)

Returns the cumulative probability

[math]\displaystyle{ p = Pr[x \le X] = {1\over{\sigma \sqrt{2\pi}}} \int_{-\infty}^x exp\left(- {1\over 2} {{(X-\mu)^2}\over\sigma^2}\right) }[/math]

for a normal distribution with a given mean and standard deviation. «Mean» and «stddev» are optional and default to Mean = 0, stddev = 1.

CumNormal(1) - CumNormal( -1 ) → .683

i.e., 68.3% of the area under a normal distribution is contained within one standard deviation of the mean.

CumNormalGraph.png

See Also

  • CumNormalInv -- the inverse cumulative density
  • Normal -- The normal distribution
  • Erf -- The closely related error function
  • Sigmoid(x) -- Another sigmoidal-shaped function
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