Calculates the standard deviation based on an entire population.
Calculates the population standard deviation of a data column.
Sample Usage
STDEVP(table_name!price)
Syntax
STDEVP(column)
column- The data column of the population.
Sample Usage
STDEVP(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
STDEVP(A2:A100)
Syntax
STDEVP(value1, [value2, ...])
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value1- The first value or range of the population. -
value2, ...- Additional values or ranges to include in the population.
Notes
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Although
STDEVPis specified as taking a maximum of 30 arguments, Google Sheets supports an arbitrary number of arguments for this function. -
If the total number of values supplied as
valuearguments is not at least two,STDEVPwill return the#DIV/0!error. -
STDEVPwill return an error if any of thevaluearguments include text. To calculate standard deviation while interpreting text values as0, useSTDEVPA. -
STDEVPcalculates standard deviation for an entire population. To calculate standard deviation across a sample, useSTDEV. -
STDEVPis equivalent to the square root of the variance, orSQRT(VARP(...))using the same dataset.
See Also
VARPA: Calculates the variance based on an entire population, setting text to the value `0`.
VARP: Calculates the variance based on an entire population.
VARA: Calculates the variance based on a sample, setting text to the value `0`.
VAR: Calculates the variance based on a sample.
STDEVPA: Calculates the standard deviation based on an entire population, setting text to the value `0`.
STDEVA: Calculates the standard deviation based on a sample, setting text to the value `0`.
STDEV: The STDEV function calculates the standard deviation based on a sample.
SKEW: Calculates the skewness of a dataset, which describes the symmetry of that dataset about the mean.
KURT: Calculates the kurtosis of a dataset, which describes the shape, and in particular the "peakedness" of that dataset.
DVARP: Returns the variance of an entire population selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
DVAR: Returns the variance of a population sample selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
DSTDEVP: Returns the standard deviation of an entire population selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
DSTDEV: Returns the standard deviation of a population sample selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
DEVSQ: Calculates the sum of squares of deviations based on a sample.
AVEDEV: Calculates the average of the magnitudes of deviations of data from a dataset's mean.