Measuring the Standard Deviation of a Population - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-30
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

If your data represents the only a sample of the entire population for the variable, then use the VAR_SAMP function. For information, see “VAR_SAMP”.

As the sample size increases, the values for VAR_SAMP and VAR_POP approach the same number, but you should always use the more conservative STDDEV_SAMP calculation unless you are absolutely certain that your data constitutes the entire population for the variable.