VVAR function

Description

VVAR(variable[,filter]) returns the sample variance s² of a variable.

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

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.

Related functions

Statistical spreadsheet functions on variables