The STDEV function calculates the standard deviation based on a sample.
Calculates the sample standard deviation of a data column.
Sample usage
STDEV(table_name!price)
Syntax
STDEV(column)
column
– The data column of the sample.
Tip: Returning sample standard deviation across multiple columns is not supported
Sample usage
STDEV(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
STDEV(A2:A100)
Syntax
STDEV(value1, [value2, …])
-
value1
– The first value or range of the sample. -
value2, …
– [ OPTIONAL ] – Additional values or ranges to include in the sample.
Notes
-
Although
STDEV
is 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
value
arguments is not at least two,STDEV
will return the#DIV/0!
error. -
STDEV
will return an error if any of thevalue
arguments include text. If any of thevalue
arguments reference a cell that contains text, those cells will be ignored. To calculate the standard deviation while interpreting text values as0
, useSTDEVA
. -
STDEV
calculates the standard deviation for a sample. To calculate the standard deviation across an entire population, useSTDEVP
. -
STDEV
is equivalent to the square root of the variance, orSQRT(VAR(…))
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'.
STDEVP
: Calculates the standard deviation based on an entire population.
STDEVA
: Calculates the standard deviation based on a sample, setting text to the value `0`.
SKEW
: Calculates the skewness of a data set, which describes the symmetry of that data set about the mean.
KURT
: Calculates the kurtosis of a data set, which describes the shape and in particular the 'peakedness' of that data set.
DVARP
: Returns the variance of an entire population selected from a database table-like array or range using an SQL-like query.
DVAR
: Returns the variance of a population sample selected from a database table-like array or range using an SQL-like query.
DSTDEVP
: Returns the standard deviation of an entire population selected from a database table-like array or range using an SQL-like query.
DSTDEV
: Returns the standard deviation of a population sample selected from a database table-like array or range using an SQL-like query.
DEVSQ
: Calculates the sum of squares of deviations based on a sample.
AVEDEV
: Calculates the average of the magnitude of deviations of data from a data set's mean.