Normal Distribution
The probability density of normal distribution is:
Here,
- is the mean (or expectation) of the distribution. It is also equal to median and mode of the distribution.
- is the variance.
- is the standard deviation.
Standard Normal Distribution
If and , then the normal distribution is known as standard normal distribution:
Every normal distribution can be represented as standard normal distribution:
Cumulative Probability
Consider a real-valued random variable, . The cumulative distribution function of (or just the distribution function of ) evaluated at is the probability that will take a value less than or equal to :
Also,
The cumulative distribution function for a function with normal distribution is:
Where is the error function: