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How to create normal distribution time serires over a day in Excel?


I have to create a time series over a day, where the tops of that bell curves are around 7 a.m and 17 p.m. like any retail store transactions. The scale is in hours.

Is there any solution to do this with formulas?

Thank you,


Solution

  • You can use the NORM.DIST function to do this. For example, the following formula in A1:A24

    =NORM.DIST(ROW(), 7, 2,FALSE)+NORM.DIST(ROW(),17,2,FALSE)
    

    will produce this chart:

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