standard error

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So, each IQ test score has a standard error of measurement that accounts for the margin of error above and below the test-taker’s score.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

The standard error is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

For the hypothesis test, we calculate the estimated standard deviation, or standard error, of the difference in sample means, X¯ – X¯ .

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

If you decrease the sample size to 50, will the standard error of the mean be smaller or larger?

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

Whenever eight or more specimens from one locality were available, the mean, range, standard deviation, standard error of the mean, and coefficient of variability were calculated.

From Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming by White, John A.