stddev()

This function calculates the standard deviation of the data

Syntax
y = stddev(data, flag)

Arguments
Name Description Range Type Default Required
data data to find the stddev (-∞, ∞) real yes
flag indicates how stddev normalizes [0, 1]† integer 0 no
† When flag equals 0, the stddev normalizes by N-1, where N is the length of the data sequence. Otherwise, stddev normalizes by N

Examples

a = stddev(data)
a = stddev(data, 1)

Defined in

$HPEESOF_DIR/expressions/ael/statistical_fun.ael

See Also

mean()

Notes/Equations

This function can only be used by entering an equation (Eqn) in the Data Display window.

 

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