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A beginners guide to calculating sampling error (20 Feb 17)


A good sampling procedure will attempt to make the numbers of achieved responses large enough for reliable results.

However, you may sometimes want to have an estimate of the sampling error i.e. the degree of accuracy of the data.

This may be the case if the numbers in a sub-group turn out to be lower than expected, or when a result is of particular interest.

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