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Standard Deviation Calculator

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Enter a list of numbers to get the mean, variance, and standard deviation.

Std. Deviation 4.898
Count (n)8
Mean18
Variance24
Standard Deviation4.898

Population vs. Sample Standard Deviation

Standard deviation measures how spread out a set of numbers is from its mean. Population standard deviation is used when your data represents the entire group you care about; sample standard deviation is used when your data is only a subset drawn from a larger population, and it divides by n − 1 instead of n to correct for that extra uncertainty.

σ = √( Σ(x − μ)² ÷ N )

Population standard deviation - μ is the mean, N is the count

s = √( Σ(x − x̄)² ÷ (n − 1) )

Sample standard deviation - x̄ is the sample mean, n is the sample size