The
standard error of the mean shows how much the average value of a group of measurements may vary. It helps determine how reliable the mean value is as an estimate of the true average value of the entire population.
Full definition
A. Geometric mean serum antibody titer as log2 and
standard error of the mean (S.E.) on day 56 for each vaccine dosage group.
B. Geometric mean virus titer (log10 TCID50 / g) and
standard error of the mean (S.E.) in lungs on day 58 (two days after SARS - CoV challenge) for each vaccine dosage group.
A. Geometric mean serum antibody titer and
standard error of the mean (S.E.) on day 56 for each vaccine dosage group.
B. Mean score and
standard error of the mean (S.E.) for eosinophils as percent of infiltrating cells for each vaccine dosage group.
A. Geometric mean serum antibody titer and
standard error of the mean (S.E.) on day 56 for each vaccine dosage group for each mouse strain (Balb / c or C57BL / 6).
Data are presented as mean ±
standard error of the mean (SEM).
Each bar indicates the relative mean expression ±
standard error of the mean (SEM).
The error bars show
the standard errors of the means.
Error bars depict
the standard error of the mean.
Time spent looking towards content - matched DDS and ADS where error bars represent 1
standard error of the mean.
Time spent looking towards content - mismatched DDS and ADS during each phase, where error bars represent 1
standard error of the mean.
The uncertainties in the Table S1 are the 90 % spread in the ensemble, not
the standard error of the mean.
I think I understand that the uncertainty in the model multiple run means would be properly handled by using
the standard error of the mean which requires dividing the standard deviation by the square root of 5 in this case.
Note: wording in square brackets in the pre-penultimate paragraph inserted 14 March 2016 AM; I wrote the Update late at night and overlooked that Gavin Schmidt's explanation would only account for the discrepancy if the divisor for
the standard error of the mean of n runs were sqrt (n - 1), rather than the correct value of sqrt (n).
Symbols are annual means, with error bars showing
the standard error of the means.