A recent political poll showed that the findings reported were accurate to within 4 percentage points.This is likely to mean what?
A) the findings are only correct 4 percent of the time
B) the findings are only correct 8 percent of the time
C) the findings are accurate 95 times out of 100 and the confidence interval is plus or minus 4 points
D) the findings are accurate 68 times out of 100 and the confidence interval is plus or minus 4 points

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"Accurate to within 4 percentage points" typically means a margin of error of +/- 4%, with a confidence level of 95%. This means that if the poll were repeated 100 times, the results would fall within the given margin of error (plus or minus 4 percentage points) approximately 95 times out of 100.

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