What is the mathematical formula for standard error that I'm replicating in Excel?

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What is the mathematical formula for standard error that I'm replicating in Excel?
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The mathematical formula for the standard error of the mean (SEM) is: SEM = s / √n, where 's' is the sample standard deviation and 'n' is the sample size. In Excel, you replicate this by calculating `STDEV.S(your_data_range)` for 's' and `SQRT(COUNT(your_data_range))` for '√n'.