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

Pooled Variance a weighted average of two variances that can then be used when calculating standard error.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

What is the standard error of the mean?

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

Averages referred to in the text as significantly different differ by as much as, or more than, the sum of two times the standard error of each of the two averages.

From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming, Colorado, and Adjacent Areas by Anderson, Sydney