PRC-2 · Chapter 12 · Question 15 of 55
Which of the following statements about the 'Standard Deviation of the Sampling Distribution of the Mean' is undeniably true?
Test yourself: pick an answer
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B) It is formally referred to as the Standard Error.
Explanation
As defined strictly in standard statistical terminology and sampling theory, the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the means is explicitly termed the 'standard error'.
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