Question

A New York Times poll on women's issues interviewed 1025 women randomly selected from the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. The poll found that 47% of the women said they do not get enough time for themselves. The poll announced a margin of error of ± 3% for 95% confidence in its conclusions. What does this margin of error account for?

Answer 1

Answer: The margin of error tells that the proportion of the a random sample women said they do not get enough time for themselves can be differ by ±3% than the estimated proportion (47%)

Explanation:

Given : A New York Times poll found that 47% of the women said they do not get enough time for themselves.

The poll announced a margin of error of ± 3% for 95% confidence in its conclusions.

A margin of error gives that value of percentage error of in results by which any random value will differ from the real population value.

Here the margin of error tells that the proportion of the a random sample women said they do not get enough time for themselves can be differ by ±3% than the estimated proportion (47%).