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View synonyms for standard error
standard error
noun
, Statistics.
- the standard deviation of a distribution of a sample statistic, especially when the mean is used as the statistic.
standard error
noun
- statistics the estimated standard deviation of a parameter, the value of which is not known exactly
standard error
- The standard deviations of the sample in a frequency distribution, obtained by dividing the standard deviation by the total number of cases in the frequency distribution.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of standard error1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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