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 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. 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