Which Is the Excel Formula for the Standard Deviation of a Sample

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which is the Excel formula for the standard deviation of a sample array named Data?

• A)=STDEV.S(Data)
• B)=STANDEV(Data)
• C)=STDEV.P(Data)
• D)=SUM(Data)/(COUNT(Data)−1)

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Definitions:

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