STDEVP Excel Function Is Documented Incorrectly

ID: Q61000


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SUMMARY

Microsoft Excel 5.0

Microsoft Excel version 5.0 "Online Help," states that the denominator of the STDEVP function is (n squared). This is incorrect; the denominator should be n.

Microsoft Excel 4.0

Page 420 of the "Microsoft Excel Function Reference" version 4.0 states that the denominator of the STDEVP function is (n squared). This is incorrect; the denominator should be n.

Microsoft Excel 3.0

Page 229 of the "Microsoft Excel Function Reference" version 3.0 states that the denominator of the STDEVP function is (n squared). This is incorrect; the denominator should be n.

Microsoft Excel 2.x

Page 110 of the "Microsoft Excel Functions and Macros" version 2.0 manual for Excel for Windows and the version 2.2 manual for Excel for OS/2 states that the denominator of the STDEVP function is (n squared). This is incorrect; the denominator should be n.

Additional query words: 2.0 2.00 2.01 2.1 2.10 2.2 2.20 2.21 3.0 4.0 5.0


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Last Reviewed: March 16, 1999