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

You can find this value to the right of the standard error of the coefficient estimate.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

One of your friends tries to convince you that the standard error of the mean should be 4.5.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

In each sample mean, standard error, standard deviation, and extremes are shown.

From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.