DEVSQCalculates the sum of squares of deviations based on a sample.
Sample Usage
DEVSQ(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)
DEVSQ(A2:A100)
Syntax
DEVSQ(value1, [value2, …])
value1 – The first value or range of the sample.
value2, … – Additional values or ranges to include in the sample.
Notes
Although DEVSQ is specified as taking a maximum of 30 arguments, Google Sheets supports an arbitrary number of arguments for this function.
If the total number of values supplied as value arguments is not at least two, DEVSQ will return a value of 0.
DEVSQ will ignore any text values found in ranges included in value arguments.
DEVSQ is equivalent to the variance of a sample multiplied by the number of elements in the sample minus one; that is, (COUNT(…)-1)*VAR(…) where COUNT and VAR are called on the same dataset.
See Also
VARPA: Calculates the variance based on an entire population, setting text to the value `0`.
VARP: Calculates the variance based on an entire population.
VARA: Calculates the variance based on a sample, setting text to the value `0`.
VAR: Calculates the variance based on a sample.
STDEVPA: Calculates the standard deviation based on an entire population, setting text to the value `0`.
STDEVP: Calculates the standard deviation based on an entire population.
STDEVA: Calculates the standard deviation based on a sample, setting text to the value `0`.
STDEV: The STDEV function calculates the standard deviation based on a sample.
SKEW: Calculates the skewness of a dataset, which describes the symmetry of that dataset about the mean.
KURT: Calculates the kurtosis of a dataset, which describes the shape, and in particular the “peakedness” of that dataset.
DVARP: Returns the variance of an entire population selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
DVAR: Returns the variance of a population sample selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
DSTDEVP: Returns the standard deviation of an entire population selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
DSTDEV: Returns the standard deviation of a population sample selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
AVEDEV: Calculates the average of the magnitudes of deviations of data from a dataset’s mean.
Examples