VARA(area1,area2,…)
area1: first cell area
area2: second cell area
VARA is also known as the N-1-variance.
To get the true variance of a complete population use VARPA.
Numbers, text and logical values are included in the calculation too. If the cell contains text or the argument evaluates to FALSE, it is counted as value zero (0). If the argument evaluates to TRUE, it is counted as one (1). Note that empty cells are not counted.
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.
This function is Excel compatible.