sampling error

But, much more to the point, there is sampling error.

A small school's results may have more to do with sampling error than school quality.

The term can also be used to mean sampling error in general.

No margin of sampling error was given with the study.

The study did not give a margin of sampling error.

But his lead in each is within the margin of sampling error.

The margin of sampling error is about 3 percent, the group said.

Given the sampling errors, these results can be considered identical.

The potential sampling error for groups with fewer cases is larger.

Its sampling error could be plus or minus three points.

The ship knew it, beyond any shadow of sampling error.

The margin of sampling error for likely voters was 4 percent.

The margin of sampling error was given as five percentage points.

The shift in both cases was well within the margin of sampling error.

For likely voters, the potential sampling error is five percentage points.

The poll has a possible sampling error of 3.5 percentage points.

Sampling error is not a measure of truth or accuracy.

The poll had a 2 percent margin of sampling error.

For smaller groups, the margin of sampling error is greater.

Their margins of sampling error were between three and four percentage points either way.

For that reason, no margin of sampling error could be calculated.

Shifts in results between polls also have a larger sampling error.

Results based on subgroups have a larger potential sampling error.

The sampling error was plus or minus 0.7 percentage points.

In that case, the margin of sampling error was a bit bigger, 4.2 percent.