Calculates the standard deviation based on a sample, setting text to the value `0`. Learn more
In Google Sheets, the STDEVA function is used to calculate the standard deviation of a set of values, taking into account text, logical values, and numbers as arguments.
The syntax for the STDEVA function is as follows:
STDEVA(value1, [value2, …])
value1: The first value or range of values to include in the standard deviation calculation.
value2, …: Additional values or ranges of values to include in the standard deviation calculation. You can include up to 255 arguments.
The STDEVA function calculates the standard deviation of the provided values, treating text and logical values as 0 and including them in the calculation.
It is useful when you have a range of values that may contain non-numeric data, such as text labels or logical values (TRUE/FALSE), and you want to calculate the standard deviation while ignoring these non-numeric values.
Here's an example to illustrate its usage:
=STDEVA(A1:A5)
This formula calculates the standard deviation of the values in cells A1 to A5, considering any text or logical values in those cells as 0 for the calculation.
Note that if you want to exclude non-numeric values from the standard deviation calculation, you can use the STDEV function instead.
The STDEV function ignores text and logical values while calculating the standard deviation.