Standard Deviation, Standard Error
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Diseases of Children
- Vol. 136 (10) , 937-941
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1982.03970460067015
Abstract
• Standard deviation (SD) and standard error (SE) are quietly but extensively used in biomedical publications. These terms and notations are used asdescriptive statistics(summarizing numerical data), and they are used asinferential statistics(estimating population parameters from samples). I review the use and misuse of SD and SE in several authoritative medical journals and make suggestions to help clarify the usage and meaning of SD and SE in biomedical reports. (Am J Dis Child1982;136:937-941)Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- When doctors meet numbersThe American Journal of Medicine, 1981
- A Show of ConfidenceNew England Journal of Medicine, 1978
- Expression of the Uncertainties of Final ResultsScience, 1968