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

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

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The Error Bound gets its name from the recognition that it provides the boundary of the interval derived from the standard error of the sampling distribution.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

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

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.