Excel COVARIANCE.S function

Description

The Excel COVARIANCE.S function returns the sample variance of two data sets.

Syntax and arguments

Formula syntax

Arguments

Array1: Required, the first range of numbers. Array2: Required, the second range of numbers.

Remarks

1. Array 1 and array 2 must be numbers, names, arrays or references that contain numbers.

2. Array 1 and array 2 must be equal in length, otherwise, COVARIANCE.S function returns #N/A error value.

3. If array 1 or array 2 contains text(s) or logical values or empty cells, COVARIANCE.S function will ignore them.

4. If either array 1 or array 2 is empty, the COVARIANCE.S function returns #DIV/0! error value.

Version

Excel 2010 and later versions.

Usage and Examples

Basic usage

Here are two arrays in range B3:B8 and C3:C8, to get the relative population covariance, please, use the formula as this:

=COVARIANCE.S(B3:B7,C3:C7)

Press Enter key.

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