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STDDEV,STDDEV_POP

Description

Returns the standard deviation of the expr expression

Alias

  • STDDEV_POP

Syntax

STDDEV(<expr>)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
<expr>The value to be calculated standard deviation

Return Value

Return the standard deviation of the expr expression

Examples

-- Create sample tables
CREATE TABLE score_table (
student_id INT,
score DOUBLE
) DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(student_id)
PROPERTIES (
"replication_num" = "1"
);

-- Insert test data
INSERT INTO score_table VALUES
(1, 85),
(2, 90),
(3, 82),
(4, 88),
(5, 95);

-- Calculate the standard deviation of all students' scores
SELECT STDDEV(score) as score_stddev
FROM score_table;
+-------------------+
| score_stddev |
+-------------------+
| 4.427188724235729 |
+-------------------+