Share variance/maxDifference implementation

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+#include "utils.h"
+
+#include <QList>
+#include <math.h>
+
+double variance(const QList<double> &values)
+{
+    //The variance of a single value is 0
+    if (values.size() == 1) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    double mean = 0;
+    for (auto value : values) {
+        mean += value;
+    }
+    mean = mean / static_cast<double>(values.size());
+    double variance = 0;
+    for (auto value : values) {
+        variance += pow(static_cast<double>(value) - mean, 2);
+    }
+    variance = variance / static_cast<double>(values.size() - 1);
+    return variance;
+}
+
+double maxDifference(const QList<double> &values)
+{
+    auto max = values.first();
+    auto min = values.first();
+    for (auto value : values) {
+        if (value > max) {
+            max = value;
+        }
+        if (value < min) {
+            min = value;
+        }
+    }
+    return max - min;
+}