STD

Calculates the sample standard deviation[1] of the values in a data set.

This is the square root of the sample variance.

Syntax:

STD( list )

Returns the sample standard deviation of the values in the list.

list may be a range of cells, an array, or a comma-separated list of values (which may contain cell references and also ranges of cells as one or more of its elements).

Formula:

STD, s = ( ni 1n (xi2) − (i 1n xi)2 )  ∕  (n⋅(n − 1))  )

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

Example:

STD(A1:A15)

returns the sample standard deviation of the contents of cells in the range A1:A15.

  1. Weisstein, Eric W. "Standard Deviation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/StandardDeviation.html