stddevPopStable
Introduced in: v1.1.0
The result is equal to the square root of varPop. Unlike stddevPop, this function uses a numerically stable algorithm. It works slower but provides a lower computational error.
Syntax
Arguments
Returned value
Returns the square root of the variance of x. Float64
Examples
Basic usage
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_data;
CREATE TABLE test_data
(
population Float64,
)
ENGINE = Log;
INSERT INTO test_data SELECT randUniform(5.5, 10) FROM numbers(1000000);
SELECT
stddevPopStable(population) AS stddev
FROM test_data;
┌─────────────stddev─┐
│ 1.2999977786592576 │
└────────────────────┘
Last modified on June 8, 2026