Egbert Vierkant Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hi I am struggling with a seemingly simple problem, but I can't solve it... I want to calculate the standard deviation of five columns as a new variable. Just like I can calculate the average of these columns. The stdev function only takes a vertical look, not the horizontal... What should I do Any suggestions Thanks & Kind regards Egbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Paolini Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hi Since the Avg function does accept multiple arguments, you could use the formula for the standard deviation directly, which simplifies as SQRT( N/(N-1) * ( Avg(x^2)-Avg(x)^2 ) In your case x is the vector of the 5 columns, and N=5. This would be: Sqrt(5 / 4 * ( avg([col1] * [col1],[col2] * [col2],[col3] * [col3],[col4] * [col4],[col5] * [col5]) - ( avg([col1],[col2],[col3],[col4],[col5]) ^ 2))) Gaia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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