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Old 07-16-08, 09:34 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Re: Rasmussen Poll shows statistical tie for President........

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Originally Posted by galenrox View Post
Those numbers mean that they're 95% confident that those numbers are within 2% of being correct. I have no idea what you're getting at.
I'm with you on this one. +/- 2 means that they can be within 4 points of each other and still be tied. Still, you have to admit that it is unlikely that both candidate's numbers are on the extreme fringe of the sampling error. It is possible though.
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