Take a Look at the Formulas for Calculating the Standard

question 6

Essay

Take a look at the formulas for calculating the standard error of the mean in Chapter 6. Explain why it makes sense to have the standard deviation in the numerator and the sample size in the denominator. (When I say "makes sense" I mean both mathematically and conceptually. In other words, why does it make sense that as the standard deviation increases the standard error also increases? And why does it make sense that as the sample size increases the standard error decreases?)

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Definitions:

Masculine Side

The collection of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with boys and men, as determined by societal norms.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect oneself from anxiety by denying and distorting reality.

Reaction Formation

Psychological defense mechanism in which a person forms an opposite emotional or behavioral reaction to the way he or she really feels to keep those true feelings hidden from self and others.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.