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math stddev for math

Returns the standard deviation of a list of numbers, or of each column in a table.

Signature

> math stddev {flags}

Flags

  • --sample, -s: calculate sample standard deviation (i.e. using N-1 as the denominator)

Input/output types:

input output
list<number> number

Examples

Compute the standard deviation of a list of numbers

> [12345] |math stddev
1.4142135623730951

Compute the sample standard deviation of a list of numbers

> [12345] |math stddev-s
1.5811388300841898

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