Instruction 8-23
A poll was conducted by the marketing department of a video game company to determine the popularity of a new game that was targeted to be launched in three months. Telephone interviews with 1,500 young adults were conducted which revealed that 49% said they would purchase the new game. The margin of error was ±3 percentage points.
-Referring to Instruction 8-23,the standard error is 3%.

Question

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The margin of error and the standard error are not the same thing. The margin of error includes the standard error but also factors in the confidence level of the statistical analysis.

Instruction 8-23 a Poll Was Conducted by the Marketing Department of a of a Video