Advanced Excel Statistical - VARPA Function

Description

The VARPA function calculates variance based on the entire population.

Syntax

VARPA (value1, [value2] ...)

Arguments

Notes

• The equation for VARPA is −

  $$\frac{\sum \left ( x-\bar{x} \right )^2}{n}$$

  Where x is the sample mean AVERAGE (value1,value2,…) and n is the sample size.

• VARPA assumes that its arguments are the entire population. If your data represents a sample of the population, you must compute the variance by using VARA.

• Arguments can be numbers, names, arrays, or references that contain numbers, text representations of numbers or logical values, such as TRUE and FALSE, in a reference.

• Logical values and text representations of numbers that you type directly into the list of arguments are counted.

• Arguments that contain TRUE evaluate as 1; arguments that contain text or FALSE evaluate as 0 (zero).

• If an argument is an array or reference, only values in that array or reference are used. Empty cells and text values in the array or reference are ignored.

• If you do not want to include logical values and text representations of numbers in a reference as part of the calculation, use the VARP function.

• If none of the values that have been supplied to the function are numeric, VARPA returns the #DIV/0! Error value.

• If any values that are supplied directly to the Function are text values that cannot be interpreted as numeric values, VARPA returns the #VALUE! Error value.

Applicability

Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016

Example