Normal distribution

Mean 12
Standard Dev 3

1. Event probability =NORMDIST(B8,Mean,Standard_dev,FALSE())

X Probability of X
0 4.461007525E-05
1 0.0001600902172
2 0.0005140929988
3 0.001477282804
4 0.0037986620079 0.14
5 0.0087406296979
6 0.0179969888377 0.12
7 0.0331590462642
0.1
8 0.054670024892
9 0.080656908173 0.08
10 0.1064826685075
11 0.125794409231 0.06
12 0.1329807601338
0.04
13 0.125794409231
14 0.1064826685075 0.02
15 0.080656908173
0
16 0.054670024892
0 1 2 3 4 5
17 0.0331590462642
18 0.0179969888377
19 0.0087406296979
20 0.0037986620079

2. Cumulated probability =NORMDIST(B33,Mean,Standard_dev,TRUE())

X Cumul. Prob.
0 3.167124183E-05
1 0.00012286639
2 0.0004290603332
3 0.0013498980316
4 0.0038303805676 1
5 0.0098153286286 0.9
6 0.0227501319482
0.8
7 0.0477903522728
0.7
8 0.0912112197259
9 0.1586552539315 0.6
10 0.2524925375469 0.5
11 0.3694413401818 0.4
12 0.5 0.3
13 0.6305586598182
0.2
0.1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5
 0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
14 0.7475074624531
0.1
15 0.8413447460685
16 0.9087887802741 0
0 1 2 3 4 5
17 0.9522096477272
18 0.9772498680518
19 0.9901846713714
20 0.9961696194324

3. Getting a value associated to a cumulated probability

=NORM.INV(B59,Mean,Standard_dev)
Cumulated probability X
3.16712418331199E-05 1.776356839E-15
0.000122866389965152 1
0.000429060333196837 2
0.00134989803163009 3 3. Getti
0.00383038056758974 4
20
0.00981532862864534 5
0.0227501319481792 6 18
0.0477903522728147 7 16
0.0912112197258679 8
14
0.158655253931457 9
0.252492537546923 10 12
0.369441340181764 11 10
0.5 12
0.630558659818236 13 8

0.747507462453077 14 6
0.841344746068543 15
4
0.908788780274132 16
0.952209647727185 17 2

0.977249868051821 18 0
0 0.1 0.2
0.990184671371355 19
Press F9 repeteadly to see the grade c
0.99616961943241 20

Example : random grade creation

Rand() 0.9219939313927 =RAND()
Grade 16.26 =NORM.INV(C82,Mean,Standard_dev)

Comparison between different laws

Mean 12 10 14
Standard Dev 3 2 1.5
CumProb Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3
3.16712418331199E-05 0 2 8
0.000122866389965152 1 2.67 8.5
0.000429060333196837 2 3.33 9
0.00134989803163009 3 4.00 9.5
0.00383038056758974 4 4.67 10
0.00981532862864534 5 5.33 10.5
0.0227501319481792 6 6.00 11
0.0477903522728147 7 6.67 11.5
0.0912112197258679 8 7.33 12
0.158655253931457 9 8.00 12.5
0.252492537546923 10 8.67 13
0.369441340181764 11 9.33 13.5
0.5 12 10.00 14
0.630558659818236 13 10.67 14.5
0.747507462453077 14 11.33 15
0.841344746068543 15 12.00 15.5
0.908788780274132 16 12.67 16
0.952209647727185 17 13.33 16.5
0.977249868051821 18 14.00 17
0.990184671371355 19 14.67 17.5
0.99616961943241 20 15.33 18
 Three functions
1. Event probability =NORMDIST(x;Mean;Standard_Dev;FALSE)
2. Cumulated probability =NORMDIST(x;Mean;Standard_Dev;TRUE)
3. Random draw =NORM.INV(Prob;Mean;Standard_dev)

n,Standard_dev,FALSE())

1. Event probability

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

an,Standard_dev,TRUE())

2. Cumulated probability

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

an,Standard_dev)

3. Getting a value associated to a cumulated probability

0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

repeteadly to see the grade changing.

an,Standard_dev)

Comparison between different laws

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0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3

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18 19 20
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0.9 1
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