naginterfaces.library.stat.prob_normal¶
- naginterfaces.library.stat.prob_normal(x, tail='L')[source]¶
prob_normal
returns a one or two tail probability for the standard Normal distribution.For full information please refer to the NAG Library document for g01ea
https://support.nag.com/numeric/nl/nagdoc_30.2/flhtml/g01/g01eaf.html
- Parameters
- xfloat
, the value of the standard Normal variate.
- tailstr, length 1, optional
Indicates which tail the returned probability should represent.
The lower tail probability is returned, i.e., .
The upper tail probability is returned, i.e., .
The two tail (significance level) probability is returned, i.e., .
The two tail (confidence interval) probability is returned, i.e., .
- Returns
- pfloat
A one or two tail probability for the standard Normal distribution.
- Raises
- NagValueError
- (errno )
On entry, .
Constraint: , , or .
- Notes
The lower tail probability for the standard Normal distribution, is defined by:
where
The relationship
is used, where erfc is the complementary error function, and is computed using
specfun.erfc_real
. For the upper tail probability the relationship is used and for the two tail significance level probability twice the probability obtained from the absolute value of is returned.When the two tail confidence probability is required the relationship
is used, where erf is the error function, and is computed using
specfun.erf_real
.
- References
NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
Hastings, N A J and Peacock, J B, 1975, Statistical Distributions, Butterworth