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VCOVAR function

Description

VCOVAR(variable1,variable2[,filter]) returns the covariance of 2 variables. An optional filter can be specified.

Covariance formula$$ covar(x,y) = \frac {1}{n} \sum_{}^{}{ (x-\bar{x})(y-\bar{y}) } $$

Note

This function calculates a statistic on a variable. Be careful when you use this function in cells of the columns that correspond to the variable, because this actually adds a value to the variable which can lead to unexpected and faulty results. You can exclude the cell to avoid this.

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