Meaning Standard error of measurement
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Standard error of measurement


A measure of the tendency of test takers' scores to vary because of random factors, such as the particular selection of items on the form the test taker happened to take, or the particular scorers who happened to score a test taker's responses. The smaller the SEM, the smaller the influence of these factors. The SEM is expressed in the sa [..]
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Standard error of measurement


a statistical procedure used to determine the amount of error of any measurement device
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Standard error of measurement


an error in estimating true scores from observed scores.
Source: psychologydictionary.org

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Standard error of measurement


In classical test theory, a statistic computed for a set of scores using the standard deviation of those scores and a reliability coefficient. It is used in score interpretation to show the amount of error that likely would be associated with a particular obtained score. (See also confidence band.)
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