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STANDARD ERROR MEAN [3 records]

Record 1 2001-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

The standard deviation of a sampling distribution is called the standard error.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
DEF

Écart-type de la distribution des erreurs d'échantillonnage.

Key term(s)
  • écart-type d'un estimateur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estadística
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Record 2 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
OBS

"Experimental standard deviation of the mean" is sometimes incorrectly called "standard error of the mean".

Key term(s)
  • mean experimental standard deviation
  • mean standard error

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
OBS

L'écart-type expérimental de la moyenne est parfois appelé, à tort, erreur de la moyenne.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

Original composition of feedstocks ... SEM [standard error of the mean] : - Hemicellulose (4.5) - Cellulose (1.6) - Klason lignin (2.08). [Source: ethanol project - Beauwrk.en p. 3].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

Composition originale des matières premières [...] Erreur type: Hémicellulose (4,5) - Cellulose (1,6) - Lignine de Klason (2,08). [Source: projet éthanol - Beauwrk.fr p. 3].

Spanish

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