populationStandardDeviation

Typefunction
DictionaryLCS
LibraryLiveCode Script
Syntax
populationStandardDeviation(<numbersList>)
Synonymspopstddev
Summary

Returns the population standard deviation of a list of numbers.

Introduced6.1
OSmac, windows, linux, ios, android
Platformsdesktop, server, mobile
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
numbersList

A comma-separated list of numbers, or an expression that evaluates to such a list, or an array containing only numbers.

Example
populationStandardDeviation(8,10,12) -- returns 1.632993
put populationStandardDeviation(studentScores) into field "Population Standard Deviation"
Values
NameTypeDescription
return

The populationStandardDeviation function returns a number.

RelatedControl Structure: function
Glossary: return, math operation
Function: median, standardDeviation, sum, averageDeviation, average
Description

Use the populationStandardDeviation function to analyze the amount of spread in a list of numbers.

The populationStandardDeviation function was added in version 6.1 to complement the standardDeviation function. The population standard deviation is a measure of how widely distributed the numbers in the numbersList are.

If a math operation on finite inputs produces a non-finite output, an execution error is thrown. See math operations for more information.

Tagsmath