Block Group: | Statistical Functions |
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The Standard Deviation block calculates standard deviation based on a list of arguments. The standard deviation is a measure of how widely values are dispersed from the mean.
The Standard Deviation block uses the following expression:
In this expression, x is the sample value, is the mean of all x values, and n is the sample size.
For information on standard deviation, see Standard deviation on Wikipedia.
The following property of the Standard Deviation block can take input and give output.
The following property of the Standard Deviation block can give output but cannot take input.
The following image shows an example of the Standard Deviation block.