Syntax
=LOGNORM.DIST(x, mean, standard_dev, cumulative)Arguments
| Argument | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
x | Required | The value (positive) |
mean | Required | The mean of ln(x) |
standard_dev | Required | The standard deviation of ln(x) |
cumulative | Required | TRUE for the cumulative distribution, FALSE for the density |
How to use LOGNORM.DIST
LOGNORM.DIST takes 4 required arguments. Type =LOGNORM.DIST( in a cell and SheetsBat shows the arguments as you go. Optional arguments are shown in square brackets; leave them out to use their default.
Examples
Each result below was calculated by the SheetsBat formula engine.
=LOGNORM.DIST(4, 3.5, 1.2, TRUE)Result =LOGNORM.DIST(4, 3.5, 1.2, FALSE)Result Related statistical functions
- KURTReturns the kurtosis of the numbers (how peaked or flat their distribution is).
- LARGEReturns the k-th largest number in a list.
- LINESTFits a straight line (or a plane for several x columns) by least squares and returns its coefficients and optional statistics.
- LOGESTFits an exponential curve y = b * m^x to the data and returns its coefficients and optional statistics.
- LOGNORM.INVReturns the inverse of the cumulative lognormal distribution.
- MAXReturns the largest number.
- MAXAReturns the largest value, counting text as 0 and TRUE as 1.
- MAXIFSReturns the largest number among the cells that meet all conditions.
- MEDIANReturns the middle number of the values (the average of the two middle ones for an even count).