variance()

Since 1.3.0 Calculate the variance from the values in a statistical aggregate.

Samples

Calculate the variance of a sample containing the integers from 0 to 100:

SELECT variance(stats_agg(data))
  FROM generate_series(0, 100) data;

variance
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The syntax is:

variance(
  summary StatsSummary1D,
  [ method TEXT ]
) RETURNS DOUBLE PRECISION

Name	Type	Default	Required	Description
summary	StatsSummary1D	-	✔	The statistical aggregate produced by a `stats_agg` call
method	TEXT	`sample`	-	The method used for calculating the standard deviation. The two options are `population` and `sample`, which can be abbreviated to `pop` or `samp`

Column	Type	Description
variance	DOUBLE PRECISION	The variance of the values in the statistical aggregate

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