If the standard deviation of a population is 56 and we want the standard error (the standard deviation of the sample mean) to be 14, then we need to take how many samples?

standard error= standard of population/sqrt(sample size)

56.0

To calculate the number of samples needed, we need to use the formula for standard error:

Standard Error = Standard Deviation / Square Root(N)

Given that the standard deviation of the population is 56 and the standard error we want is 14, we can rearrange the formula to solve for N (the number of samples):

N = (Standard Deviation / Standard Error)²

Plugging in the values:

N = (56 / 14)²
N = 4²
N = 16

Therefore, we would need to take 16 samples to achieve a standard error of 14.