With pure probability samples of 2,878 and 2,482 one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall results have
a sampling error of + / - 1.83 and + / -1.97 percentage points, respectively.
Interviews in the summer of 2005 with 97 «senior decision - makers who help choose outside counsel» were «done in conformance with generally accepted research principles set forth in CASRO and ESOMAR, [and] has
a sampling error of + / - 10 %.»
It particular it explains why if you take it as sampling absolute temperature, the error is too high, but if you subtract means to form anomalies, you remove most of the variation, and
the sampling error of the mean is back to reasonable.
The STATS survey involved a random sampling of «489 self - identified members of either the American Meteorological Society or the American Geophysical Union» and it has a theoretical
sampling error of + / - 4 %.
The AAAS has over 10 million members, and the results of the survey are statistically valid for the entire population with a theoretical
sampling error of + / - 2.5 %.
The poll suggests Paterson has a 4 - point edge pver Lazio in a hypothetical matchup, within the survey's
sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
The most recent poll was taken between October 27 and October 31 and has
a sampling error of plus or minus 3.3 percent.
The poll had
a sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.
The overall results have a margin of
sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
The Quinnipiac poll was conducted by telephone July 18 - 23 from 507 likely Democratic primary voters, and had
a sampling error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 2.8 percentage points, with
a sampling error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points for questions only of Democrats.
The poll has
a sampling error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
The Quinnipiac poll surveyed 1,151 likely voters by telephone from September 23 - 28, and carries
a sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.
And with the survey's
sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 points, Palin and Huckabee are statistically tied.
The new Siena poll, which surveyed 805 registered voters by telephone from Jan. 8 to 12, has a margin of
sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points.
The poll has
a sampling error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.
With a pure probability sample of 5,708, one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall results have
a sampling error of + / - 1.30 percentage points.
With pure probability samples of 2,321 and 3,039, one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall results have
sampling errors of + / - 2.03 and + / - 1.78 percentage points, respectively.
With pure probability samples of 2,138 and 3,022, one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall results have
sampling errors of + / -2.12 and + / -1.78 percentage points, respectively.
Variation between the replicate estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life expectancy corresponding to replicate estimates from PES gave estimates of
the sample error of life expectancy and the additional variation from deviations from the assumptions measured the sensitivity of the method to the assumptions.
Not exact matches
The companies surveyed all had at least 20 employees, while the margin
of error for the
sample was plus or minus 3.54 percentage points, with a 95 % confidence level.
The margin
of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.1 % age points.
This timeliness and detail comes at a cost, however, as the small
sample sizes
of the LFS causes the estimates to have substantial standard
errors (which can lead to some peculiar results at the provincial and CMA levels).
«Far more important than dialing down the margin
of error is making sure that whatever you're aiming at is unbiased and that you do have a representative
sample,» says Andrew Bray, an assistant professor
of statistics at Reed College.
Their goal is to be 95 % sure that the real level
of support in the whole population is captured in the
sample's range, from the low end
of the margin
of error to the high end.
The challenge was that the IOC's digital archive was itself incomplete: it had only a rudimentary collection
of historical materials — and some
of those materials, especially older, pre-digital
samples, contained
errors.
The margin
of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
Using those 16 companies as a representative
sample for the entire Fortune 500 cohort would result in a pretty wide margin
of error: 24.3 %.
The polling industry's professional body, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, says online surveys can not be assigned a margin
of error as they are not a random
sample and therefore are not necessarily representative
of the whole population.
The polling industry's professional body, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, says online surveys can not be assigned a margin
of error because they do not randomly
sample the population.
This online survey is not based on a probability
sample, and therefore no estimate
of theoretical
sampling error can be calculated.
While statistical margins
of error are arguably not applicable to online panels / online studies
of this nature, we have assumed that the same margins
of error apply as if it were a true unweighted random probability
sample with a margin
of error of + / - 3.7 percentage points, nineteen times out
of twenty.
The margin
of error — which measures
sample variability — is + / - 3.5 percentage points.
The statistical margin
of error for the
sample of n = 1,507 Self - employed workers is + / - 2.5 %, assuming that participants are the same as non-participants.
For results based on this
sample, one can say with 95 % confidence that the
error attributable to
sampling has a maximum margin
of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points (unadjusted for
sample design).
For results based on the total
sample of baby boomers born 1946 - 1964, the margin
of sampling error is ± 4 percentage points at the 95 % confidence level.
All
sample surveys may be subject to multiple sources
of error (i.e.
sampling error, coverage
error, measurement
error, etc.).
In addition to
sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce
error or bias into the findings
of opinion polls.
Environics said the margin
of error for a
sample of this size is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points, with a confidence level
of 95 per cent.
The margin
of sampling error is + / - four percentage points.
The margin
of sampling error for the full
sample is plus or minus 2.6 % in 19
of 20
samples.
The margin
of error for the
sample of 1,006 is + / - 3.09 % at the 95 % confidence level.
However, the three - point difference from the national average was within the range
of sampling error, suggesting that their likelihood
of experiencing a dissolved marriage is the same as that
of the population at - large.
The data table shows, in the spreadsheet «exclusion6», study information and yield data
of studies that were excluded because they did not meet selection criteria 6 (i.e. no information on an
error term and
sample size was available).
The survey
sample was 1,000 nationally representative Americans age 18 and over, and the margin
of error is + / - 3.1 % at the 95 percent confidence level.
A probability
sample of the same size would yield a margin
of error of + / -2.1 %, 19 times out
of 20.
To be included, a study had to compare organic and conventional planting across similarly - sized areas, had to report on the
sample size and
error margins, and had to use organic methods that complied with the guidelines
of certification organisations (such as the UK's Soil Association).
Calculation to determine the necessary number
of resident participants used estimations
of knowledge from previous studies
of pediatric residents, which suggested a baseline knowledge about breastfeeding
of 60 percentage points.8, 9,15 To detect an improvement in knowledge score
of 20 percentage points with an estimated standard deviation
of 20 points, a 2 - tailed α
error of 0.05 and a power
of 0.80,
sample size was calculated at a minimum
of 16 resident participants.
Ignoring the stratified
sampling does not affect point estimates and may have resulted in slightly overestimated standard
errors.14 Robust variance estimation was used to allow for the clustered nature
of the data within units and trusts.
The margin
of sampling error is plus or minus 4 to 8 percentage points for this analysis.