XL: Formula to Calculate the Standard Error of the Mean

ID: Q101466


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SUMMARY

Although the Descriptive Statistics tool in the Analysis ToolPak can generate a report that includes the standard error of the mean, there is no function in Microsoft Excel to automatically calculate this value by itself.


MORE INFORMATION

To calculate the standard error of the mean by itself, use the one of the following formulas

= STANDARD DEVIATION / SQUARE ROOT OF THE POPULATION SIZE

-or-

= STDEV(range of values)/SQRT(number)
where:


REFERENCES

"User's Guide 2," version 4.0, pages 26-28

Additional query words: 4.00a 5.00a 5.00c 7.00a 97 98 means


Keywords          : kbtool xlformula 
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,4.0,5.0,7.0,97; MACINTOSH:3.0,4.0,5.0,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo 

Last Reviewed: April 6, 1999