Excel DVARP Function

Excel DVARP Function

Summary

The Excel DVARP function returns the variance of an entire population extracted from records that match given criteria. If data represents the a sample only, use the DVAR function.

Purpose

Get population variance for matching records

Return value

The calculated variance

Syntax

=DVARP (database, field, criteria)

Arguments

Usage notes

The Excel DVARP function calculates the variance of data that represents an entire population, extracted from records matching the given criteria, where values come from a given field.

The database argument is a range of cells that includes field headers, field is the name or index of the field to get a max value from, and criteria is a range of cells with headers that match those in database. 

Using the example above, you can get the variance of heights for the group "Fox" with either of these formulas:

=DVARP(B7:C13,"Height",B4:C5) // field by name=DVARP(B7:C13,2,B4:C5) // field by index

The variance for the entire data set, shown in F5, is calculated with the VAR.P function:

=VAR.P(C8:C13)

Criteria options

The criteria can include a variety of expressions, including some wildcards. The table below shows some examples:

CriteriaBehavior
RedMatch "red" or "RED"
Re*Begins with "re"
10Equal to 10
>10Greater than 10
<>Not blank
<>100Not 100
>12/19/2017Greater than Dec 19, 2017

Note: Support for wildcards is not quite the same as with other functions like COUNTIFS, SUMIFS, MATCH etc. For example, the pattern ??? will match strings with 3 exactly characters in more modern functions, but not in the database functions. If you are using wildcards, test carefully.

Multi-row criteria

The criteria range for DVARP can include more than one row below the headers. When criteria includes more than one row, each row is joined with OR logic, and the expressions in a given criteria row are joined with AND logic.

Notes:

Excel DVARP Function

Summary

The Excel DVARP function returns the variance of an entire population extracted from records that match given criteria. If data represents the a sample only, use the DVAR function.

Purpose

Get population variance for matching records

Return value

The calculated variance

Syntax

=DVARP (database, field, criteria)

Arguments

Usage notes

The Excel DVARP function calculates the variance of data that represents an entire population, extracted from records matching the given criteria, where values come from a given field.

The database argument is a range of cells that includes field headers, field is the name or index of the field to get a max value from, and criteria is a range of cells with headers that match those in database. 

Using the example above, you can get the variance of heights for the group "Fox" with either of these formulas:

=DVARP(B7:C13,"Height",B4:C5) // field by name=DVARP(B7:C13,2,B4:C5) // field by index

The variance for the entire data set, shown in F5, is calculated with the VAR.P function:

=VAR.P(C8:C13)

Criteria options

The criteria can include a variety of expressions, including some wildcards. The table below shows some examples:

CriteriaBehavior
RedMatch "red" or "RED"
Re*Begins with "re"
10Equal to 10
>10Greater than 10
<>Not blank
<>100Not 100
>12/19/2017Greater than Dec 19, 2017

Note: Support for wildcards is not quite the same as with other functions like COUNTIFS, SUMIFS, MATCH etc. For example, the pattern ??? will match strings with 3 exactly characters in more modern functions, but not in the database functions. If you are using wildcards, test carefully.

Multi-row criteria

The criteria range for DVARP can include more than one row below the headers. When criteria includes more than one row, each row is joined with OR logic, and the expressions in a given criteria row are joined with AND logic.

Notes: