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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Margin of Error

This web site talk's about how uninformed readers can easily misinterprets stats given by a news report. The page is filled with mistakes that News reporters gives the public incorrect information. One example on the web page was about Bill Clinton rates against Bob Dole. They did not give any proof as to why Clinton slip of 15 points, there is no reasonable statistical basis for claiming that Clinton has slipped over Dole. It is important for Americans who are watching/reading about stats to understand and question why the points have changed and the margin of error.
http://www.robertniles.com/stats/margin.shtml

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