How Is the Standard Error of the Mean Calculated

question 57

Multiple Choice

How is the standard error of the mean calculated?

• A)the population standard deviation divided by the square root of the size of the sample
• B)the population standard deviation divided by the size of the sample
• C)the square root of the size of the sample divided by the population standard deviation
• D)the sample standard deviation divided by the size of the sample

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