Stdev. Since the formula for the population standard deviation divides by n instead of n 1 the population standard deviation will always be smaller than the sample standard deviation. Although stdev is specified as taking a maximum of 30 arguments google sheets supports an arbitrary number of arguments for this function.
This function calculates the sample standard deviation as well. If data represents an entire population use the stdevp function. In essence it returns a value that tells you how much your data deviates from the average value.
Standard deviation doesn t work on categorical data.
Standard deviation doesn t work on categorical data. Standard deviation may be abbreviated sd and is most commonly. It is nondeterministic when specified with the over and order by clauses. Standard deviation doesn t work on categorical data.
