Simple population
| A | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Value |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 |
Formula: C2: =ROUND(STDEV.P(A2:A4),4)
Result: 1.633
Population variance divides by all three observations: sqrt(8/3) is 1.63299…
Google Sheets function
STDEV.P in Google Sheets
STDEV.P with worked examples you can test in the live grid. The argument details are in the Excel guide.
In Google Sheets
The arguments and common errors are covered in the STDEV.P Excel guide; check the function help in Google Sheets for its own argument list.
Worked examples in Google Sheets
No variation
| A | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Value |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 |
Formula: C2: =STDEV.P(A2:A4)
Result: 0
Identical values have no spread.
Two-point population
| A | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Value |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 |
Formula: C2: =STDEV.P(A2:A3)
Result: 5
Both values sit five units from the mean.
Try it
A tiny spreadsheet with example data. Edit the formula or any number and see the result.
Formula in F2: =STDEV.P(C2:C7)
| A | B | C | D | E | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Region | Product | Units | Price | Result | |
| 2 | East | Pen | 120 | 2.5 | 34.4802681093 | |
| 3 | West | Pen | 80 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | East | Book | 45 | 12 | ||
| 5 | North | Book | 60 | 12 | ||
| 6 | West | Lamp | 30 | 25 | ||
| 7 | East | Lamp | 15 | 25 |
Result in F2: 34.4802681093
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