sd {stats} | R Documentation |
This function computes the standard deviation of the values in
x
.
If na.rm
is TRUE
then missing values are removed before
computation proceeds.
sd(x, na.rm = FALSE)
x |
a numeric vector or an R object which is coercible to one
by |
na.rm |
logical. Should missing values be removed? |
Like var
this uses denominator n - 1.
The standard deviation of a length-one or zero-lengh vector is NA
.
var
for its square, and mad
, the most
robust alternative.
sd(1:2) ^ 2