{ “title”: “VARIANCE,VAR_POP,VARIANCE_POP”, “language”: “en” }

Description

The VARIANCE function calculates the statistical variance of the specified expression. It measures how far a set of numbers are spread out from their arithmetic mean.

Alias

  • VAR_POP
  • VARIANCE_POP

Syntax

VARIANCE(<expr>)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
<expr>The column or expression to calculate variance for, supports type Double.

Return Value

Returns a Double value representing the calculated variance. If there is no valid data in the group, returns NULL.

Examples

-- Create sample table
CREATE TABLE student_scores (
    student_id INT,
    score DECIMAL(4,1)
) DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(student_id)
PROPERTIES (
    "replication_num" = "1"
);

-- Insert test data
INSERT INTO student_scores VALUES
(1, 85.5),
(2, 92.0),
(3, 78.5),
(4, 88.0),
(5, 95.5),
(6, 82.0),
(7, 90.0),
(8, 87.5);
-- Calculate variance of student scores
SELECT VARIANCE(score) as score_variance
FROM student_scores;

+-------------------+
| score_variance    |
+-------------------+
| 25.73437499999998 |
+-------------------+