When we hear that a recent survey found 36% of adults had used an on-line dating service,the is the
A)estimated standard error.
B)degrees of freedom.
C)margin of error.
D)confidence interval of the mean.

Question

When we hear that a recent survey found 36%  of adults had used an on-line dating service,the  is the
A)estimated standard error. 
B)degrees of freedom. 
C)margin of error. 
D)confidence interval of the mean.

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The margin of error is the amount of error that is allowed for in a survey's results. It is the range of values that the true population value is likely to fall into. In this case, the survey found that 36% of adults had used an on-line dating service, but the margin of error would give a range of values within which the true percentage would likely fall.

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