SQL Server/T-SQL Tutorial/Analytical Functions/STDEV
Aggregate Functions STDEV and STDEVP
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STDEV computes the standard deviation of all the values listed in a column of expression. (The standard deviation is computed as the square root of the corresponding variance.)
7> CREATE TABLE employee( 8> id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, 9> first_name VARCHAR(10), 10> last_name VARCHAR(10), 11> salary DECIMAL(10,2), 12> start_Date DATETIME, 13> region VARCHAR(10), 14> city VARCHAR(20), 15> managerid INTEGER 16> ); 17> GO 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, "Jason" , "Martin", 5890,"2005-03-22","North","Vancouver",3); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, "Alison", "Mathews",4789,"2003-07-21","South","Utown",4); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, "James" , "Smith", 6678,"2001-12-01","North","Paris",5); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, "Celia" , "Rice", 5567,"2006-03-03","South","London",6); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, "Robert", "Black", 4467,"2004-07-02","East","Newton",7); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, "Linda" , "Green" , 6456,"2002-05-19","East","Calgary",8); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, "David" , "Larry", 5345,"2008-03-18","West","New York",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, "James" , "Cat", 4234,"2007-07-17","West","Regina",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, "Joan" , "Act", 6123,"2001-04-16","North","Toronto",10); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee; 3> GO id first_name last_name salary start_Date region city managerid
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1 Jason Martin 5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North Vancouver 3
2 Alison Mathews 4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South Utown 4
3 James Smith 6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North Paris 5
4 Celia Rice 5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South London 6
5 Robert Black 4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East Newton 7
6 Linda Green 6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East Calgary 8
7 David Larry 5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West New York 9
8 James Cat 4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West Regina 9
9 Joan Act 6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North Toronto 10
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> SELECT STDEV(salary) std_dev_of_budgets 5> FROM employee 6> 7> 8> drop table employee; 9> GO std_dev_of_budgets
869.30016552268989
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STDEV() Function is a calculation based on the variance of a numeric range of values.
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Actually, it"s simply the square root of the variance. 8> Create Table MyValues (MyValue Float) 9> GO 1> 2> Insert Into MyValues (MyValue) SELECT 2 3> Insert Into MyValues (MyValue) SELECT 3 4> Insert Into MyValues (MyValue) SELECT 4 5> Insert Into MyValues (MyValue) SELECT 5 6> Insert Into MyValues (MyValue) SELECT 6 7> GO (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) 1> 2> SELECT VAR(MyValue) FROM MyValues 3> GO
2.5
(1 rows affected) 1> 2> SELECT STDEV(MyValue) FROM MyValues 3> 4> drop table MyValues; 5> GO
1.5811388300841898
(1 rows affected)</source>
STDEV returns the standard deviation of all the values provided in the expression, based on a sample of the data population.
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6> 7> CREATE TABLE employee( 8> id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, 9> first_name VARCHAR(10), 10> last_name VARCHAR(10), 11> salary DECIMAL(10,2), 12> start_Date DATETIME, 13> region VARCHAR(10), 14> city VARCHAR(20), 15> managerid INTEGER 16> ); 17> GO 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, "Jason" , "Martin", 5890,"2005-03-22","North","Vancouver",3); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, "Alison", "Mathews",4789,"2003-07-21","South","Utown",4); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, "James" , "Smith", 6678,"2001-12-01","North","Paris",5); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, "Celia" , "Rice", 5567,"2006-03-03","South","London",6); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, "Robert", "Black", 4467,"2004-07-02","East","Newton",7); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, "Linda" , "Green" , 6456,"2002-05-19","East","Calgary",8); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, "David" , "Larry", 5345,"2008-03-18","West","New York",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, "James" , "Cat", 4234,"2007-07-17","West","Regina",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, "Joan" , "Act", 6123,"2001-04-16","North","Toronto",10); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee; 3> GO id first_name last_name salary start_Date region city managerid
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1 Jason Martin 5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North Vancouver 3
2 Alison Mathews 4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South Utown 4
3 James Smith 6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North Paris 5
4 Celia Rice 5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South London 6
5 Robert Black 4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East Newton 7
6 Linda Green 6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East Calgary 8
7 David Larry 5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West New York 9
8 James Cat 4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West Regina 9
9 Joan Act 6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North Toronto 10
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> SELECT STDEV(salary) Variance_salary 4> FROM employee 5> GO Variance_salary
869.30016552268989
(1 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> drop table employee; 5> GO 1></source>
