Days before a presidential election, an article based on a nationwide random sample of registered voters reported the following statistic, 52% (plus or minus± 3%) of registered voters will vote for Robert Smith. What is the plus or minus± 3% called

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Linda Ryan

9 June, 10:18

Days before a presidential election, an article based on a nationwide random sample of registered voters reported the following statistic, 52% (plus or minus± 3%) of registered voters will vote for Robert Smith. What is the plus or minus± 3% called

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Guadalupe · Answer 1

Margin of error

It means we know that the percentage of people that would vote for Robert Smith could be 49% in the worst case and 55% in the best case