Thestandard error of the mean is equal to:a.the sample variance divided by the sample size.b.the sample standard deviation divided by the square root of the samplesize.c.the sample variance divided by the square root of the sample size.d.twice the square root of the sample size.e.twice the square root of the sample variance.

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