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Google Sheets STDEV.P Function


STDEV.P Function

The STDEV.P function is a premade function in Google Sheets, which calculates the Standard Deviation (Stdev) for the entire population.

It is typed =STDEV.P and gets a list of cells:

=STDEV.P(value1, [value2, ...])

You can select cells one by one, but also ranges, or even multiple ranges.

The STDEV.P function ignores cells that do not contain numbers.

Note: Standard deviation (σ) measures how far a 'typical' observation is from the average of the data (μ). You can read more about standard deviation in the Statistics - Standard Deviation Chapter.

Tip: There is another function called =STDEV.S that can be used if you have the data for a sample.

Let's have a look at an example!


Stdev.p Function Example

Find the standard deviation of the total stats for all of the Pokemon in the population:

Note: The full dataset continues after row 14, all the way down to row 759.

The STDEV.P function, step by step:

  1. Select the cell E3
  2. Type =STDEV.P
  3. Click the STDEV.P command

  1. Specify the range B2:B759 for the Total stats for all the Pokemon
  2. Hit enter

Now, the function returns the standard deviation of all the Total stat values:

The STDEV.P function has successfully returned the Standard Deviation for the whole population as 113,9159026.