That CNN/ORC poll might sound like the best of the bunch (decent number of respondents, low margin of error), but when you take a closer look, it gets tricky.
This technique has a low margin of error in estimating the power-law exponent, α, of the probability density (P x) ∼1/xα) [51].
This particularly affects small pedicle diameters that have only a low margin of error.
DXA can produce an accurate measurement of adipose tissue within the body with a low margin of error.
Likewise, the finite size of the population meant that it was possible to work with low margins of error (+5.6 %, 95%% confidence level), thus allowing the results obtained to be extrapolated.
Chicago's forecast low temperature Thursday morning is within the margin of error of its lowest on record, minus-27 set on Jan . 20 , 1985
In states like Massachusetts that have low African-American populations, the margin of error can be especially high: it was plus-or-minus 9.6 percentage points in estimating the black turnout rate in 2004, according to the Census Bureau.
A cumulative average of polls collected by the Web site Real Clear Politics shows that his lead there has slipped to barely 1 percentage point, its lowest since last December and within the margin of error, making it effectively a tie with Mitt Romney.
His poll numbers were sometimes so low that they were within the margin of error of zero.
The main limitation of this study was that the number of participants was low, which led to a wide margin of error and was reflected in the large variability in the error bars.
Due to these large sample sizes and biased toward current CENSUS data, the estimated margin of error was low for North America as a whole and for the individual countries.
