Excel Function : STDEV

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Excel Function : STDEV

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Description

Estimates standard deviation based on a sample

Microsoft Excel Reference Page

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/STDEV-function-51fecaaa-231e-4bbb-9230-33650a72c9b0

Syntax and Description of the STDEV Excel Function

STDEV is an Excel function that returns the standard deviation of a population based on a sample of the population. The syntax of the function is: STDEV(number1, [number2], ...) where number1, number2, ... are the numbers for which you want to calculate the standard deviation.

About STDEV Excel Function

The STDEV function in Excel calculates the standard deviation of a given set of data. The standard deviation is a measure of how spread out the data is. A low standard deviation means that the data is very close to the mean, while a high standard deviation means that the data is more spread out.