Name: populationStandardDeviation

Type: function

Syntax: populationStandardDeviation(<numbersList>)

Summary: <return|Returns> the population standard deviation of a list of numbers.

Synonyms: popStdDev

Introduced: 6.1

OS: mac,windows,linux,ios,android

Platforms: desktop,server,web,mobile

Example:
populationStandardDeviation(8,10,12) -- returns 1.632993

Example:
put populationStandardDeviation(studentScores) into field "Population Standard Deviation"

Parameters:
numbersList: A comma-separated list of numbers, or an expression that evaluates to such a list, or an array containing only numbers.

Returns: The <populationStandardDeviation> function <return|returns> a number.

Description:
Use the <populationStandardDeviation> <function> to analyze the amount of spread in a list of numbers.

The <populationStandardDeviation> <function> was added in version 6.1 to complement the <standardDeviation> <function>.
The population standard deviation is a measure of how widely distributed the numbers in the <numbersList> are.

References: function (control_st), median (function), standardDeviation (function), sum (function), averageDeviation (function), average (function), return (glossary)

Tags: math
