VAR

VAR(number1 [,number2] [..])

Returns the variance based on a sample.

number1The first number.
number2(Optional) The second number.

REMARKS
* This function is only available for backwards compatibility and should not be used.
* VAR.S was added in Excel 2010 to replace this function.
* The variance is a measure of how [[Dispersed]] the values are from the mean.
* The standard deviation is a measure of how [[Dispersed]] the values are from the mean and is the square root of the variance.
* This function assumes that the arguments represent a sample from the population (as opposed to the entire population).
* Text and logical values such as True and False are ignored.
* You can have a maximum of 255 arguments
* If you do not want to count any arguments that are text, logical values or errors you can use the VARA function.
* You can use the VAR.P function to return the variance based on an entire population.
* For the Microsoft documentation refer to support.microsoft.com
* For the Google documentation refer to support.google.com

 A
1=VAR(10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) = 350


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