math stddev for math
Returns the standard deviation of a list of numbers, or of each
column in a table.
Signature
> math stddev {flags}
Flags
-
--sample, -s: calculate sample standard deviation (i.e. using N-1 as the denominator)
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| list<number> | number |
Examples
Compute the standard deviation of a list of numbers
> [1 2 3 4 5] | math stddev
1.4142135623730951
Compute the sample standard deviation of a list of numbers
> [1 2 3 4 5] | math stddev --sample
1.5811388300841898