VAR

VAR sample variance of the given sample

Synopsis

VAR(area1,area2,…)

Arguments

area1: first cell area

area2: second cell area

Description

VAR is also known as the N-1-variance.

Note

Since the N-1-variance includes Bessel's correction, whereas the N-variance calculated by VARPA or VARP does not, under reasonable conditions the N-1-variance is an unbiased estimator of the variance of the population from which the sample is drawn.

Microsoft Excel Compatibility

This function is Excel compatible.

See also

VARP, STDEV, VARA.