VAR Function

Returns the variance

Category: Descriptive Statistics

Syntax

VAR ( argument,argument, )

Arguments

argument

• is numeric. At least two nonmissing arguments are required. Otherwise, the function returns a missing value. The argument list can consist of a variable list, which is preceded by OF.

Examples

SAS Statements	Results
x1=var(4,2,3.5,6);	2.7291666667
x2=var(4,6,.);	2
x3=var(of x1-x2);	0.2658420139