standard error

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-026547",
  "term": "standard error",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The standard deviation of a theoretical distribution of sample means about the true population mean.\n\n2. The standard error is a measure of the deviation of a sample estimate from the average of all possible samples.(American Community Survey)\n\n3. A statistical index of the probability that a difference between two sample means is greater than zero. (CancerWEB 2005)\n\n4. The standard deviation of a theoretical distribution of sample means about the true population mean. (CDC 2005)",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "CDC 2005",
    "U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder Glossary",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/standard-error/"
}