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STDEV.P

Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Statistical · Last tested 2026-07-04

Support matrix

EngineDocumentedLive-testedVerdict
Excel Yes Not yet n/a
Google Sheets Yes Not yet n/a
LibreOffice Calc Yes Yes (24.2.7.2, 2026-07-04) Supported, behaves as documented

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 24.2.7.2 (tested 2026-07-04)

FormulaDescriptionResultExpectedVerdict
=STDEV.P(A1:A8) Population standard deviation on the SAME dataset {2,4,4,4,5,5,7,9} used for STDEV/STDEV.S - divides by n instead of n-1, giving a smaller, exact result (2) vs the sample stdev's 2.138089935299395 2 2
Population variance=32/8=4 exactly; sqrt(4)=2		 Matched
=STDEV.P(A1:A2) Same two-point data as the sample-stdev cases (10,20) but population formula divides by n=2 instead of n-1=1, giving a much smaller result 5 5
Population variance=((10-15)^2+(20-15)^2)/2=25; sqrt(25)=5, vs sample stdev's 7.0710678118654755 on identical data		 Matched
=STDEV.P(A1:A1) Unlike STDEV.S/STDEV, a single value does NOT error for the population formula, since it divides by n (=1), not n-1 0 0
Population variance of one point = 0/1 = 0, a valid result - genuine divergence from STDEV.S's #DIV/0! on the same single-cell input		 Matched

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