GROUPSTDEVP

GROUPSTDEVP

Syntax

GROUPSTDEVP(<number>)

Description

Estimates standard deviation on the entire population. If they represent only a sample of the entire population, use GROUPSTDEVS instead.

This is an aggregate function.

Example

Given the following data:

Groups

Participants

Groups

Participants

group1

6

group1

12

group1

5

group1

5

group1

5

group1

7

group1

5

group1

9

group1

8

group2

24

group2

24

group2

24

group2

33

group2

33

group2

29

group2

30

group2

32

group2

35

First create a group using GROUPBY(#RawData!Groups)

Groups

Groups

group1

group2

Then use the GROUPSTDEVP(#RawData!Participants), and the result is a float that is the estimated standard deviation on the entire population in relation to the GROUPBY() column.

Group

Participants_STDEVP

Group

Participants_STDEVP

group1

2.282515398241571

group2

4.109609335312651