Wikipedia isn't always reliable, but it may be worth looking at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_of_error for a layman's explanation.
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David Biddulph

"Lexi" <u35219@uwe wrote in message news:73fe66d1be059@uwe...
I am a non-trad and have started a basic statistics class this week
(yikes!).
I am looking for an ENGLISH version and description of margin of error.
I
don't understand what those mathematical signs mean or anything. Can
anyone
explain?

LM