STD Function

Returns the standard deviation of the nonmissing arguments.

Category: Descriptive Statistics

Syntax

STD(argument-1,argument-2<,...argument-n> )

Required Argument

argument

specifies a numeric constant, variable, or expression. At least two nonmissing arguments are required. Otherwise, the function returns a missing value. The argument list can consist of a variable list, which is preceded by OF.

Example

The following SAS statements produce these results.
SAS Statement
Result 
x1=std(2,6);
 
2.8284271247
 
x2=std(2,6,.);
 
2.8284271427
 
x3=std(2,4,6,3,1);
 
1.9235384062
 
x4=std(of x1-x3);
 
0.5224377453
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