The Standard Error of a Statistic Used as an Estimator

question 70

Multiple Choice

The standard error of a statistic used as an estimator of a population parameter is:

• A) the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the statistic
• B) the variance of the sampling distribution of the statistic
• C) the same value as the population standard deviation
• D) the same value of the population variance
• E) the same value of the population mean

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Definitions:

Subjective

Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions, rather than external facts or evidence.

Psychological Research

The scientific study of the mind and behavior through experiments, observation, and analysis to understand psychological phenomena.

Structuralism

An approach in psychology that analyzes the basic elements of thoughts and sensations to understand the structure of the mind.

E. B. Titchener

A psychologist known for developing structuralism, an early school of psychology that aimed to understand the structure of the mind through introspection.