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To be included, a study had to compare organic and conventional planting across similarly-sized areas, had to report on the sample size and error margins, and had to use organic methods that complied with the guidelines of certification organisations (such as the UK's Soil Association).
BBC: Food: Organic growth?
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This allows for more accurate and faster reading of the sample and minimises operator error.
BBC: Cervical cancer misunderstood
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How exactly is 1% a representative sample of anything???? That number is less than any reasonable margin of error for anything other than a MASSIVE sample size!
FORBES: Beating Up On The Small Gal.
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The margin of error for the Palestinian sample is 3 percentage points.
CNN: Poll: Half of Israelis back bombing if needed to stop Iran nukes
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Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points, it is larger for subgroups.
NPR: 50 Years On, Finding Profit In 'Truth' On JFK Case
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The best estimate from the Office of National Statistics is of 100, 000 Scots aged between 16 and 24 looking for work, but that's based on a sample with quite a wide range of error.
BBC: No longer the poor relation
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This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
FORBES: Connect
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The GOP sample of 306 likely caucus participants had a margin of error of 6 percentage points.
CNN: Bradley gains Iowa support
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The poll, conducted by Luntz Research Companies involved a nationwide sample of 700 adult Americans, with a margin of error of 3.7%.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Signs indicate trouble ahead for President Bushs road map according to the first national post-Aqaba poll
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The sample of 303 likely Democratic caucus voters has a margin of error of 6 percentage points.
CNN: Bradley gains Iowa support
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The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the overall sample.
CNN: Obama seeks revisions to Afghanistan plans, sources say