In estimating the sample size necessary to estimate a population mean, the error of estimation, E, is equal to the difference between the sample mean and the sample standard deviation.

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The error of estimation, E, is typically defined as the maximum difference expected between the sample mean and the population mean, not the difference between the sample mean and the sample standard deviation.

In Estimating the Sample Size Necessary to Estimate a Population