**Reporter**: [Ian Cook](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-13821) / @ianmcook **Assignee**: [Neal Richardson](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-13821) / @nealrichardson #### Related issues: - [[R] bindings for stddev, variance](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/28018) (depends upon) - [[C++] Add option to handle NAs to VarianceOptions](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/29326) (depends upon) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-13821](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-13821). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>