"credibility interval"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Inglish for "statistical margin of error":

"The sample size of early voters is 960 people with a credibility interval
of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points."
http://news.yahoo.com/40-percent-may-vote-early-u-election-obama-005022787.html

JL
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