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View synonyms for standard error

standard error

noun

, Statistics.
  1. the standard deviation of a distribution of a sample statistic, especially when the mean is used as the statistic.


standard error

noun

  1. statistics the estimated standard deviation of a parameter, the value of which is not known exactly
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standard error

  1. 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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