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VSTDEV function

Description

VSTDEV(variable[,filter]) returns the sample standard deviation s of a variable. An optional filter can be specified.

$$s = \sqrt{\frac{\sum_{}^{}{(x-\bar{x})^2}}{n-1}} $$

Example

Statistical functions on variables

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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