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EXCEL DVAR FUNCTION
Excel DVAR Function Introduction
The Excel Dvar function computes the sample variance of a field (column) in a database for only a subset of the entries. A collection of one or more user-specified criteria defines the records to be included in the computation.
Description of Excel DVAR Function
Syntax :
=DVAR ( database, field, criteria )
Parameters :
- The following are the arguments:
Database :
- A set of cells that contains the database. The field names should be specified in the database’s top row.
Field :
- The database field (column) for which the sample variance is to be calculated.
- This can be a field number or the field name (i.e. the header in the top row of the database) surrounded by quotations (e.g. “Subject”, “Name”, etc).
Criterion :
- A set of cells containing the criteria for determining which records should be included in the computation.
The range can include one or more criteria, which are given in one cell as a field name and the condition for that field in the cell below.
E.g. :
| Age | Name |
| >8 | Amy |
Step By Step Guide of DVAR Function
Example :
The Dvar function is used in the following example to calculate the sample variance of male children’s Science results. Cells G1 – H2 specify the conditions, while cell G3 displays the Dvar formula. The Dvar function above computes the sample variance of the values in cells E5, E8, and E11, and so returns the value 3.8 percent.
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