STANDARDIZE

Calculates the normalized equivalent of a random variable given mean and standard deviation of the distribution.

Sample Usage

STANDARDIZE(96,80,6.7)

STANDARDIZE(A2,A3,A4)

Syntax

STANDARDIZE(value, mean, standard_deviation)

• value - The value of the random variable to normalize.

• mean - The mean of the distribution.

• standard_deviation - The standard deviation of the distribution.

Notes

• For a given dataset, mean can be calculated using AVERAGE or its related functions and standard_deviation can be calculated using STDEV or its related functions.

See Also

STDEV: The STDEV function calculates the standard deviation based on a sample.

AVERAGE: The AVERAGE function returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.

Examples