Excel COVARIANCE.S function
Description
The Excel COVARIANCE.S function returns the sample variance of two data sets.
Syntax and arguments
Formula syntax
Arguments
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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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