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Sample standard deviation vs. Population standard deviation
In relation to standard deviation, you may often hear the terms “sample” and “population”, which refer to the completeness of the data you are working with. The main difference is as follows:
Population includes all of the elements from a data set.
Sample is a subset of data that includes one or more elements from the population.
Researchers and analysists operate on the standard deviation of a sample and population in different situations. For example, when summarizing the exam scores of a class of students, a teacher will use the population standard deviation. Statisticians calculating the national SAT average score would use a sample standard deviation because they are presented with the data from a sample only, not from the entire population.
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Excel STDEV.S function
STDEV.S(number1,[number2],…) is an improved version of STDEV, introduced in Excel 2010.
Like STDEV, the STDEV.S function calculates the sample standard deviation of a set of values based on the classic sample standard deviation formula discussed in the previous section.
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