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For the poll described in Exercise 1 , describe what is meant by the statement that "the margin of eror is ±1 percentage point."
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The margin of error is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results. It asserts a likelihood (not a certainty) that the result from a sample is close to the number one would get if the whole population had been queried. Show more…
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