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NORMRAND function

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Generates a normally-distributed random number from a distribution with the specified mean and standard deviation.

Syntax

NORMRAND(mean,standard_dev)

Mean

is the arithmetic mean of the distribution.

Standard_dev

is the standard deviation of the distribution.

Example

100,000 calls to NORMRAND(2.3,1.5) produces this plot:

Normally-distributed random numbers

Which yields this histogram (Histogram command on the Generate menu).

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See also:

RANDBETWEEN function

RND function

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