The margin of error is an estimate of a confidence interval for a given measurement, result, etc. and is frequently cited in statistics.
While phrases such as, "The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points" are commonly heard, an additional qualification such as "at a 95 percent confidence level" is also needed in order to precisely indicate what the error refers to.
For a given confidence interval , standard deviation , and sample size , the margin of error (for a normal distribution) is
where is the inverse erf function.
See alsoConfidence Interval,
Error,
Inverse Erf,
Standard DeviationPortions of this entry contributed by Ed Pegg, Jr. (author's link)
Explore with Wolfram|Alpha ReferencesMoore, D. S. and McCabe G. P. Introduction to the Practice of Statistics. New York: W. H. Freeman, p. 443, 1999. Referenced on Wolfram|AlphaMargin of Error Cite this as:Pegg, Ed Jr. and Weisstein, Eric W. "Margin of Error." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MarginofError.html
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