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NORM.DIST in Google Sheets

NORM.DIST with worked examples you can test in the live grid. The argument details are in the Excel guide.

In Google Sheets

The arguments and common errors are covered in the NORM.DIST Excel guide; check the function help in Google Sheets for its own argument list.

Worked examples in Google Sheets

Probability at the mean

ABC
1xMeanSD
210102

Formula: E2: =NORM.DIST(A2,B2,C2,TRUE)

Result: 0.5

Half of a symmetric normal distribution lies below its mean.

One deviation above

ABC
1xMeanSD
212102

Formula: E2: =ROUND(NORM.DIST(A2,B2,C2,TRUE),4)

Result: 0.8413

Twelve standardizes to z=1, and the cumulative probability is 0.84134…

Density at the mean

ABC
1xMeanSD
210102

Formula: E2: =ROUND(NORM.DIST(A2,B2,C2,FALSE),4)

Result: 0.1995

Scaling by standard deviation two halves the standard density height of 0.3989.

Try it

A tiny spreadsheet with example data. Edit the formula or any number and see the result.

Formula in F2: =NORM.DIST(C2,60,25,TRUE)

Example spreadsheet for NORM.DIST
ABCDEF
1RegionProductUnitsPriceResult
2EastPen1202.50.991802464075
3WestPen802.5
4EastBook4512
5NorthBook6012
6WestLamp3025
7EastLamp1525
Result in F2: 0.991802464075

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