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proportion of samples that would fall between 0, 1, 2, and 3 standard deviations above and below the actual value. The standard error (SE) is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution zero mean normal distribution of a statistic,[1] most commonly of the mean. The term may also be used
Normal Distribution Error Function
to refer to an estimate of that standard deviation, derived from a particular sample used to compute the estimate. For
Standard Deviation Normal Distribution
example, the sample mean is the usual estimator of a population mean. However, different samples drawn from that same population would in general have different values of the sample mean, so there is
Confidence Interval Normal Distribution
a distribution of sampled means (with its own mean and variance). The standard error of the mean (SEM) (i.e., of using the sample mean as a method of estimating the population mean) is the standard deviation of those sample means over all possible samples (of a given size) drawn from the population. Secondly, the standard error of the mean can refer to an estimate of that standard deviation, t test normal distribution computed from the sample of data being analyzed at the time. In regression analysis, the term "standard error" is also used in the phrase standard error of the regression to mean the ordinary least squares estimate of the standard deviation of the underlying errors.[2][3] Contents 1 Introduction to the standard error 1.1 Standard error of the mean 1.1.1 Sampling from a distribution with a large standard deviation 1.1.2 Sampling from a distribution with a small standard deviation 1.1.3 Larger sample sizes give smaller standard errors 1.1.4 Using a sample to estimate the standard error 2 Standard error of the mean 3 Student approximation when σ value is unknown 4 Assumptions and usage 4.1 Standard error of mean versus standard deviation 5 Correction for finite population 6 Correction for correlation in the sample 7 Relative standard error 8 See also 9 References Introduction to the standard error[edit] The standard error is a quantitative measure of uncertainty. Consider the following scenarios. Scenario 1. For an upcoming national election, 2000 voters are chosen at random and asked if they will vote for candidate A or candidate B. Of the 2000 voters, 1040 (52%) state that they will vote for candidate A. The resea
Tour Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers coefficient of variation normal distribution or posting ads with us Cross Validated Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Cross central limit theorem normal distribution Validated is a question and answer site for people interested in statistics, machine learning, data analysis, data mining, and data visualization. Join them; it sample variance normal distribution only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top What is normality? up vote 28 down vote favorite 10 In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_error many different statistical methods there is an "assumption of normality". What is "normality" and how do I know if there is normality? distributions normality share|improve this question edited Aug 7 '10 at 17:56 mbq 17.7k849103 asked Jul 19 '10 at 19:12 A Lion 4402812 1 did you try google/ wikipedia first ? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution –robin girard Jul 25 '10 at 20:13 add a comment| 7 Answers 7 active oldest votes up vote 27 down vote accepted The assumption of normality is http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/2/what-is-normality just the supposition that the underlying random variable of interest is distributed normally, or approximately so. Intuitively, normality may be understood as the result of the sum of a large number of independent random events. More specifically, normal distributions are defined by the following function: where $\mu$ and $\sigma^2$ are the mean and the variance, respectively, and which appears as follows: This can be checked in multiple ways, that may be more or less suited to your problem by its features, such as the size of n. Basically, they all test for features expected if the distribution were normal (e.g. expected quantile distribution). share|improve this answer edited Oct 6 '12 at 10:39 Glen_b♦ 149k19246512 answered Jul 19 '10 at 19:43 John L. Taylor 2,1361216 add a comment| up vote 26 down vote One note: The assumption of normality is often NOT about your variables, but about the error, which is estimated by the residuals. For example, in linear regression $Y = a + bx + e$; there is no assumption that $Y$ is normally distributed, only that $e$ is. share|improve this answer edited Oct 5 '12 at 19:29 user10525 answered Oct 21 '11 at 20:16 Peter Flom♦ 57.4k966150 12 +1. Finally someone has pointed out what perhaps is the most important aspect of this question: in most situations, "normality" is important in regard to residuals or to sampling distributions of statistics, not in regard to the distributions of the popul
proportion of samples that would fall between 0, 1, 2, and 3 standard deviations above and below the actual value. The standard error (SE) is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_error the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic,[1] most commonly http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmd/section2/pmd214.htm of the mean. The term may also be used to refer to an estimate of that standard deviation, derived from a particular sample used to compute the estimate. For example, the sample mean is the usual estimator of a population mean. However, different samples drawn from that same normal distribution population would in general have different values of the sample mean, so there is a distribution of sampled means (with its own mean and variance). The standard error of the mean (SEM) (i.e., of using the sample mean as a method of estimating the population mean) is the standard deviation of those sample means over all possible samples (of a given error normal distribution size) drawn from the population. Secondly, the standard error of the mean can refer to an estimate of that standard deviation, computed from the sample of data being analyzed at the time. In regression analysis, the term "standard error" is also used in the phrase standard error of the regression to mean the ordinary least squares estimate of the standard deviation of the underlying errors.[2][3] Contents 1 Introduction to the standard error 1.1 Standard error of the mean 1.1.1 Sampling from a distribution with a large standard deviation 1.1.2 Sampling from a distribution with a small standard deviation 1.1.3 Larger sample sizes give smaller standard errors 1.1.4 Using a sample to estimate the standard error 2 Standard error of the mean 3 Student approximation when σ value is unknown 4 Assumptions and usage 4.1 Standard error of mean versus standard deviation 5 Correction for finite population 6 Correction for correlation in the sample 7 Relative standard error 8 See also 9 References Introduction to the standard error[edit] The standard error is a quantitative measure of uncertainty. Consider the follow
is Inference After fitting a model to the data and validating it, scientific or engineering questions about the process are usually answered by computing statistical intervals for relevant process quantities using the model. These intervals give the range of plausible values for the process parameters based on the data and the underlying assumptions about the process. Because of the statistical nature of the process, however, the intervals cannot always be guaranteed to include the true process parameters and still be narrow enough to be useful. Instead the intervals have a probabilistic interpretation that guarantees coverage of the true process parameters a specified proportion of the time. In order for these intervals to truly have their specified probabilistic interpretations, the form of the distribution of the random errors must be known. Although the form of the probability distribution must be known, the parameters of the distribution can be estimated from the data. Of course the random errors from different types of processes could be described by any one of a wide range of different probability distributions in general, including the uniform, triangular, double exponential, binomial and Poisson distributions. With most process modeling methods, however, inferences about the process are based on the idea that the random errors are drawn from a normal distribution. One reason this is done is because the normal distribution often describes the actual distribution of the random errors in real-world processes reasonably well. The normal distribution is also used because the mathematical theory behind it is well-developed and supports a broad array of inferences on functions of the data relevant to different types of questions about the process. Non-Normal Random Errors May Result in Incorrect Inferences Of course, if it turns out that the random errors in the process are not normally distributed, then any inferences made about the process may be incorrect. If the true distribution of the random errors