In looking at news on television or the Internet, it is not unusual to see poll results. For example, it might be reported that 55%3% of voters will support a particular candidate. In our class, we will look at confidence intervals for proportions and would show this confidence interval as (0.52, 0.58).

The percentage 3% or proportion 0.03 is called the _____________________.

Question 5 options:

margin of error

standard error

sample statistic

confidence multiplier