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Standard Error of Mean (SEM)

October 29, 2021 by Sujay Mistry

The standard error of the mean is also called the standard deviation of the
mean. It is a method used to estimate the standard deviation of a sampling
distribution. In the context of statistical data analysis, the mean and standard
deviation of sample population data is used to estimate the degree of dispersion
of the individual data within the sample but the standard error of the mean
(SEM) is used to estimate the sample mean dispersion from the population
mean. The standard error (SE) along with the sample mean is used to estimate
the approximate con�dence intervals for the mean. The estimation with a lower
standard error of the mean (SEM) indicates that it has a more precise
measurement. The standard error of mean is always smaller than the standard
deviation, SEM gives the accuracy of the sample mean by measuring the sample-
to-sample variability of the sample means. It describes how precise the mean of
the sample is an estimate of the true mean of the population. The standard
error of mean is calculated by using the following formula:

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where,

• σ = Standard deviation of the population

• n = Size of the sample

Example 1:

Calculate the standard error of the mean of tablets not passing the test of
dissolution which are collected from 10 di�erent batches out of 20 tablets.

Number of tablets  3, 4, 4, 6, 5, 3, 3, 4, 3, 5

(Not passes the test)

Solution:

First, we have to calculate the standard deviation.

X (X- X̄) (X- X̄) 2

3 -1 1

4 0 0

4 0 0

6 2 4

5 1 1

3 -1 1

3 -1 1

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4 0 0

3 -1 1

5 1 1

Σx=50   Σ(X- X̄) 2=10

Example 2:

If the standard deviation of the population is 15, the population means is 40, the
sample mean is 30, and the con�dence level of 95%. Then calculate the sample
size.

Solution:

• z = Speci�c level of con�dence (95%) i.e. z = 1.96

• σ = Standard deviation of population i.e. σ = 15
• d = Di�erence between population mean and sample mean i.e. d = 40 – 30

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= 10

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