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Important: This function has been replaced with one or more new functions that may provide improved accuracy and whose names better reflect their usage. Although this function is still available for backward compatibility, you should consider using the new functions from now on, because this function may not be available in future versions of Excel. For more information about the new function, see STDEV.S function. STDEV(number1,[number2],...) The STDEV function syntax has the following arguments:
Copy the example data in the following table, and paste it in cell A1 of a new Excel worksheet. For formulas to show results, select them, press F2, and then press Enter. If you need to, you can adjust the column widths to see all the data.
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This wikiHow teaches you how to find the standard deviation of a set of data in Microsoft Excel.
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