STDEV Function

The STDEV function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to analyze the range of data and return the standard deviation of a population based on a set of numbers.

Syntax

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

The STDEV 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 function.

Examples

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