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COVARIANCE.P function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

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What is COVARIANCE.P function in Excel?

COVARIANCE.P function is one of Statistical functions in Microsoft Excel that returns population covariance, the average of the products of deviations for each data point pair in two data sets. Use covariance to determine the relationship between two data sets. For example, you can examine whether greater income accompanies greater levels of education.

Syntax of COVARIANCE.P function

COVARIANCE.P(array1,array2)

The COVARIANCE.P function syntax has the following arguments:

  • Array1     Required. The first cell range of integers.
  • Array2     Required. The second cell range of integers.

COVARIANCE.P formula explanation

  • The arguments must either be numbers or be names, arrays, or references that contain numbers.
  • If an array or reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored; however, cells with the value zero are included.
  • If array1 and array2 have different numbers of data points, COVARIANCE.P returns the #N/A error value.
  • If either array1 or array2 is empty, COVARIANCE.P returns the #DIV/0! error value.
  • The covariance is:Equationwherex and y

    are the sample means AVERAGE(array1) and AVERAGE(array2), and n is the sample size.

Example of COVARIANCE.P function

Steps to follow:

1. Open a new Excel worksheet.

2. Copy data in the following table below and paste it in cell A1

Note: For formulas to show results, select them, press F2 key on your keyboard and then press Enter.

You can adjust the column widths to see all the data, if need be.

Data1 Data2
3 9
2 7
4 12
5 15
6 17
Formula Description Result
=COVARIANCE.P(A2:A6, B2:B6) Covariance, the average of the products of deviations for each data point pair above 5.2

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