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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
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I JUST GOOGLED "Margin of Error", got a ton of explanations.

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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



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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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"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



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