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title: norm
description: OpenBB Terminal Function
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# norm

Test whether the used data is normally distributed.

### Usage

```python
norm -v {} [-p]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| column | The dataset.column you want to test normality for | None | False | None |
| plot | Whether you wish to plot a histogram to visually depict normality | False | True | None |

![histogram_adj_close_tsla](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/46355364/155514663-90cb210a-002a-49fe-b7d3-29d9f2aeb5ac.png)

![histogram_returns_msft](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/46355364/155514702-f46da473-b340-4d68-b31e-f96606c4ed00.png)

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