Microsoft Excel, the widely used spreadsheet software, can be helpful for statistical analysis, with its built-in functions and free add-in tools.

In statistics, the amount of data dispersion is measured as variance. The Excel function required for calculating variance depends on the data set.

Emily Silverman, Statistics for Ecologists Using R and Excel, 2nd Edition, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Vol. 23, No. 1 (March 2018), pp. 171-173 ...