The standard error of the mean must equal
A) the standard deviation of the sample's distribution of individual scores
B) the standard deviation of the entire population's distribution of individual scores
C) the "average" of the sample's distribution of individual scores and the population's distribution of individual scores
D) the standard deviation of the entire sampling distribution of means

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The standard error of the mean represents the variability of sample means that would be obtained if multiple samples were taken from the same population. Therefore, it is calculated as the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means.

The Standard Error of the Mean Must Equal