DEVSQ

Calculates the sum of squares of deviations of the values in a data set from their arithmetic mean.

Syntax:

DEVSQ(list)

Returns the sum of the squares of the deviations of the values in the list from their arithmetic mean.

list may be an array, a range of cells, or a comma-separated list of values.

Formula:

DEVSQ = i=n (xix)2

where n is the number of values and xi is the i-th value.

Revisions:

This function was added in 2.00.