STANDARDIZE function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

Syntax of STANDARDIZE function

STANDARDIZE(x, mean, standard_dev)

The STANDARDIZE function syntax has the following arguments:

• X: The value you want to normalize.
• Mean: The arithmetic mean of the distribution.
• Standard_dev: The standard deviation of the distribution.

Explanation of STANDARDIZE function

• If standard_dev ≤ 0, STANDARDIZE returns the #NUM! error value.
• The equation for the normalized value is:

Example of STANDARDIZE function

Steps to follow:

1. Open a new Excel worksheet.

2. Copy data in the following table below and paste it in cell A1

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