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math variance for math

Returns the variance of a list of numbers or of each column in a table.

Signature

> math variance {flags}

Flags

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

Input/output types:

input output
list<number> number

Examples

Get the variance of a list of numbers

> [12345] |math variance
2

Get the sample variance of a list of numbers

> [12345] |math variance-s
2.5

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