DVARP(database, field, criteria)
- Where is the range of cells that makes up the list or database
- shows which column is used in the function and
- is the range of cells that contains the specified criteria.
DVARP() calculates the variance of a population, based on entire population by using data in a specified column that matches the specified condition.
Description
DVARP(database, field, criteria)
- A argument can be expressed as "Salary" (a column name) or 3(position of the column).
- can be any range on the Calci with minimum of one column and at least one row indicating the condition.
- The columns should not overlap the list of data.
Examples
| Name | Age | Salary | Age |
| <40 | >8000 | >32 | |
| >30 | |||
| Name | Age | Salary | |
| John | 34 | 5500 | |
| Bill | 35 | 6500 | |
| Clark | 29 | 7000 | |
| Bob | 45 | 9000 | |
| Susan | 37 | 4000 | |
| Jill | 45 | 8000 |
=DVARP(A4:C10,"Age",C1:C3) : Calculates the true variance for Age column in the range A4 to C10, for the cells with Salary>8000. Returns 35.95918367346939 as a result. =DVARP(A4:C10,3,B1:B3) : Calculates the true variance for Salary column in the range A4 to C10, for the cells with 40>Age>32. Returns 2506172.839506173 as a result.