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 margin of error depends on the confidence level or percentage of confidence and the standard error of the mean.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

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

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.