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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Standard Variance
Miscellaneous
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Does anyone know why there is a difference between the "Calculate Std()" in Fox, and the STDev() function in Excel?

They both produce different answers. For example, using the values:
4,5,4,6,3,5,6,4 in Fox produces a standard devation of 1.73.

Using Excel produces 1.06.

I tried doing the math by hand and the Excel one seems to be correct.

Should I not be using the Fox answer? I would really not have to program a std deviation function, but I will if I have to.

Does anyone know why the two are different?

Greg
Greg Gum
Greg@Avasoft.net
Avasoft.com / Avasoft.net
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Arlington Texas 76006
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