Can I assume the SE the same as SEM? Is SE just the abbreviation of SEM?
I am not talking about the standard deviation (SD).
Solved – Is “standard error (SE)” the same as “standard error of the mean (SEM)”
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Can I assume the SE the same as SEM? Is SE just the abbreviation of SEM?
I am not talking about the standard deviation (SD).
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No. Standard Error is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic. Confusingly, the estimate of this quantity is frequently also called "standard error". The [sample] mean is a statistic and therefore its standard error is called the Standard Error of the Mean (SEM).