PHP 7.0.6 Released

stats_variance

(PECL stats >= 1.0.0)

stats_varianceReturns the population variance

Description

float stats_variance ( array $a [, bool $sample = false ] )
Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Parameters

a

sample

Return Values

User Contributed Notes

Anonymous
7 years ago
This will return surprising values for most users, since the default of sample=false is rather unusual when speaking about variance.

Point is:
When using stats_variance($foo,TRUE) the sum is divided by n-1 while the default just divides it by n. So when you expect your variance to be lower you probable wanted to divide by n-1, therefore should set the second parameter =TRUE.
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