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>VAR&nbsp;--&nbsp;</DIV
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>VAR(b1, b2, ...)</PRE
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>VAR estimates the variance of a sample of a population. To get the true variance of a complete population use @VARP</P
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>(VAR is also known as the N-1-variance.  Under reasonable conditions, it is the maximum-likelihood estimator for the true variance.)This function is Excel compatible. </P
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>Let us assume that the cells A1, A2, ..., A5 contain numbers 11.4, 17.3, 21.3, 25.9, and 40.1.  Then</P
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>VAR(A1:A5) equals 117.64.</P
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>        <A
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,         <A
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