STDEV

FUNCTION
The Excel “STDEV” function
estimates standard deviation
based on a samples.

The standard deviation is a

measure of how much
variance there is in a set of
numbers compared to the
average value (the mean).

Syntax

=STDEV (number1, [number2], ...)

Arguments
T  Number1 (required argument) – This is the first number argument that corresponds to a sample of a
population.
 Number2 (optional argument) – This is a number argument that corresponds to a sample of a population.

**Note:

 Arguments must provide two or more numeric values to the function.

 Arguments can either be numbers, arrays, or references that contain numbers.
 #VALUE error – Happens if any of the given values to the function are text values.
 #DIV/0! Error – Occurs if less than two numeric values are provided to the STDEV function.
 Logical values and text representations of numbers that you type directly into the list of arguments are
counted.
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 If an argument is an array or reference, only numbers in that array or reference are counted. Empty cells,
logical values, text, or error values in the array or reference are ignored.

Standard Deviation functions in Excel

Text and  STDEV is used to calculate the standard
Name Data set deviation of a population sample.
logical
STDEV Sample Ignored  To calculate the standard deviation of a
STDEVP Population Ignored whole population, we should use STDEVP or
STDEV.S Sample Ignored STDEV.P instead.
STDEV.P Population Ignored  To evaluate logical values and/or text in the
STDEVA Sample Evaluated calculation, use the STDEVA function
STDEVPA Population Evaluated 