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Sample Size = (Z-value ^2 * (percentage picking a choice)*(1- percentage picking a choice) ) / ( Margin of
Margin of error or Confidence interval is usually reported in opinion poll results. It is a 95 percent
interval i.e. for every 20 times you repeat this poll, statistics say that one time you'll get an answer that is com
wall. For example: the poll had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points and 51% percent o
picked an answer you can be "sure" that if you had asked the question of the entire relevant population betwee
and 54% (51+3) would have picked that answer.
The amount of uncertainity you can tolerate