'Within the margin'

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/17/2014 03:44 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>“ 'Within the margin' is pollster-speak for 'statistically tied'.”
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>Seems too obvious to be called "jargon" or "slang," but,

It's also nerd-speak -- that is, of 
statisticians, short for "margin of error".


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