Sampling Distribution

• Sampling Distribution: The distribution of an infinite number of samples of the same size as the sample in a given study

• Standard Error (AKA sampling error): The standard deviation of the sampling distribution

  • A standard deviation is the spread of the scores around the average in a single sample. The standard error is the spread of the averages around the average of averages in a sampling distribution.

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