A standard deviation derived from a finite sample of means from a population of scores is known as the
A)standard deviation
B)sampling deviation
C)standard error of the mean
D)power of a test

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The standard error of the mean (SEM) is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean, which is derived from a finite sample of means from a population of scores. It measures how much the sample mean is expected to vary from the true population mean.

A Standard Deviation Derived from a Finite Sample of Means