variance_stddev.py

grades = [100, 100, 90, 40, 80, 100, 85, 70, 90, 65, 90, 85, 50.5]

def print_grades(grades_input):
  for grade in grades_input:
    print grade

def grades_sum(scores):
  total = 0
  for score in scores:
    total += score
  return total

def grades_average(grades_input):
  sum_of_grades = grades_sum(grades_input)
  average = sum_of_grades / float(len(grades_input))
  return average

def grades_variance(scores):
  average = grades_average(scores)
  variance = 0

  for score in scores:
    variance += (average - score) ** 2

  variance = variance / len(scores)
  return variance

print grades_variance(grades)

def grades_std_deviation(variance):
  return variance ** 0.5

variance = grades_variance(grades)

print grades_std_deviation(variance)