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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: gamesmistress who wrote (28838)9/26/2012 4:28:46 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (4) of 85487
 
Polls use sophisticated statistics. There is a science to it, which is why they put in things like "within the standard error".

What that means is if it is outside the standard error, they can be sure it is correct to a very high degree of probability and confidence. Over 99%.

Standard error is a statistical term.
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