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public static double StdDev<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list, Func<T, double> values)
    {
        // ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2253874/linq-equivalent-for-standard-deviation
        // ref: http://warrenseen.com/blog/2006/03/13/how-to-calculate-standard-deviation/ 
        var mean = 0.0;
        var sum = 0.0;
        var stdDev = 0.0;
        var n = 0;
        foreach (var value in list.Select(values))
        {
            n++;
            var delta = value - mean;
            mean += delta / n;
            sum += delta * (value - mean);
        }
        if (1 < n)
            stdDev = Math.Sqrt(sum / (n - 1));

        return stdDev; 

    }

Or 

public static double StdDev(this IEnumerable values)
{
    // ref: http://warrenseen.com/blog/2006/03/13/how-to-calculate-standard-deviation/
    double mean = 0.0;
    double sum = 0.0;
    double stdDev = 0.0;
    int n = 0;
    foreach (double val in values)
    {
        n++;
        double delta = val - mean;
        mean += delta / n;
        sum += delta * (val - mean);
    }
    if (1 < n)
        stdDev = Math.Sqrt(sum / (n - 1));

    return stdDev;
}

ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2253874/linq-equivalent-for-standard-deviation