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To: neverdem

100% sure of the individual fish. not so sure about every fish being sold as red snapper.


20 posted on 09/22/2004 7:53:22 PM PDT by phxaz (for now it's a cold civil war in the usa.)
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To: phxaz; neverdem
The margin of error comes from the small size of the sample. They only tested 22 fish from random locations. The margin of error is therefore large. If they had collected and tested more samples, the margin of error would be smaller.

For an excellent overview of basic statistical sampling, look here:
http://www.custominsight.com/articles/random-sampling.asp
This is good general knowledge for understanding polls, fish mislabeling, the number of green m&m's in a package, etc, etc, etc.
39 posted on 09/22/2004 9:11:01 PM PDT by NationSoConceived ("Truth bestows no pardon upon error, but wipes it out in the most effectual manner." - M.B.E.)
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