var

statistics

Calculates variance

Syntax

var(array|dataframe)

array|dataframe (array or dataframe)

The data to calculate variance from

number

The variance of the values

Calculate variance

Input:

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] | var

Output:

2.5

Variance of measurements from experiments

Input:

.measurements | var

Output:

15.6

The var() function calculates the variance of numeric values, which measures how spread out the values are from their mean.

Use var() for statistical analysis of data variability and dispersion. Variance is the square of standard deviation.