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Calculate STD() vs. Excel STDEV() function
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02/09/2002 09:22:59
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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02/09/2002 08:32:48
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00695910
Message ID:
00695924
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>The formula in excel is STDEVPA(). Foxpro is assuming the data supplied is the universe, as opposed to the standard function in Excel which assumes that the data is just a sample. I think this is because, unlike fox, excel can only perform stdev on 30 values.
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>Mace

Not quite. In Excel, formulae like stdev(), sum() or product() work on up to 30 ranges, but each range can have thousands of numbers.

For instances, try stdev(a1:a1000).

Hilmar.
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