STDEV.S Function

The STDEV.S function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to estimate standard deviation based on a sample (ignores logical values and text in the sample).

Syntax

STDEV.S(number1, [number2], ...)

The STDEV.S function has the following arguments:

Argument	Description
number1/2/n	Up to 255 numeric values for which you want to calculate the standard deviation.

Notes

If a reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, the function will ignore those values, but treat the cells with the zero values.

How to apply the STDEV.S function.

Examples

The figure below displays the result returned by the STDEV.S function.