Enterprise Edition Only Feature. This method returns the probability for the standard normal cumulative distribution function.

Returns the normal cumulative distribution for the specified mean and standard deviation. This function has a very wide range of applications in statistics, including hypothesis testing.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function NormalDistribution( _ ByVal zValue As Double _ ) As Double

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`Dim instance As Statistics Dim zValue As Double Dim value As Double value = instance.NormalDistribution(zValue)`

C#
public double NormalDistribution( double zValue )

Parameters

zValue: The Z value for which the probability is required.
Z Value

Return Value

Returns value from standard normal cumulative distribution function.

Example

The following sample calculates the normal distribution.

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`Imports Dundas.Charting.WinControl ... ' Calculate normal distribution Dim result As Double = Chart1.DataManipulator.Statistics.NormalDistribution(1.96)`

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`using Dundas.Charting.WinControl; ... // Calculate normal distribution double result = Chart1.DataManipulator.Statistics.NormalDistribution(1.96);`

Remarks

This method returns the normal cumulative distribution for the specified Z value. The standard normal distribution has a mean of 0 (zero) and a standard deviation of one.

The standard normal distribution has a wide range of applications in statistics, including hypothesis testing.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family