Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Formulas & Functions Inside Out
by Helmut Reinke Egbert Jeschke Sara Unverhau, Eckehard Pfeifer, Bodo Fienitz, and Jens Bock
DEVSQ()
Syntax. DEVSQ(number1,number2,...)
Definition. This function returns the sum of squares of deviations of data points from their sample mean.
Arguments
number1 (required) and number2 (optional). At least one and up to 255 arguments (30 in Excel 2003 and earlier versions) for which you want to calculate the sum of squared deviations. You can also use a single array or a reference to an array instead of arguments separated by commas.
Note
Arguments can be numbers, array names, or references to cells containing numbers.
If an array or a reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored. However, cells with the value 0 are included.
Background. In general, correlations between variables are defined by coefficients. ...
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