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Article #635Re: margin of error
From: Charles Packer
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 10:49
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 10:49
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In article <POPAT.92Oct3125308@image.mit.edu>, popat@image.mit.edu (Kris Popat) writes... >correspond to D? If so, what is the corresponding value of P? Are we >supposed to assume it is some standard value, like 0.95? Yes, it's safe to assume that they are referring to a 95% confidence interval, along with all the assumptions that go with it in survey sampling. At any rate, when the NY Times reports in detail on on of the surveys they do as a joint effort with CBS, they include a footnote that describes the "margin of error" in layman's terms, and it sounds like the 95% confidence interval to me.
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Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!nsisrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!packer From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) Subject: Re: margin of error Message-ID: <4OCT199206492517@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1 Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: Dept. of Independence References: <POPAT.92Oct3125308@image.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 10:49:00 GMT Lines: 11