Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Formulas & Functions Inside Out
by Helmut Reinke Egbert Jeschke Sara Unverhau, Eckehard Pfeifer, Bodo Fienitz, and Jens Bock
VARA()
Syntax. VARA(value1,value2,...)
Definition. This function estimates the variance based on a sample. Not only numbers but also text and logical values (TRUE and FALSE) are included in the calculation.
Arguments
value1 (required) and value2 (optional). At least one and up to 255 value arguments (30 in Excel 2003 and earlier versions) corresponding to a sample of the population.
Note
The VARA() function assumes that its arguments are a sample of the entire population. If your data represents the entire population, calculate the variance with VARPA().
The difference between VAR.S() and VARA() is that VARA() evaluates arguments with the value TRUE to 1 and arguments with text, or FALSE to 0. If you do not want to include logical values and text in ...
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