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Tech/Engineering - Mathematics & Statistics | | Spanish term or phrase: error admisible | This is a research article on how to estimate the solar energy capacity of roof surfaces in Andalusia. I seriously doubt that the translation is "admissible error". Here is the context:
El*** error admisible*** en la población de la muestra se fijó en el 10 %. Como la varianza verdadera de la población de cada estrato h es desconocida, se seleccionó una pequeña muestra poblacional de cada uno de los estratos, denominada muestra piloto. |
| | | margin of error | Explanation:
Mike :)
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The margin of error has an inverse relationship to the sample size. Since the sample size was small, the margin of error is relatively big.
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In probability, we talk about a significant margin of error (at the 0.05 level) or a highly significant margin of error (at the 0.01 level).
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El máximo error admitido fue de un 5% en todos los casos. ...... fixation, a margin of error sample of 3% and a level of confidence of the 95.5%. The ...
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You are certainly welcome. |
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  Michael Powers (PhD)
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1 min confidence: peer agreement (net): +5 margin of error
Explanation:
Mike :)
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Note added at 2 mins (2009-07-04 15:46:36 GMT)
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The margin of error has an inverse relationship to the sample size. Since the sample size was small, the margin of error is relatively big.
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Note added at 3 mins (2009-07-04 15:47:35 GMT)
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In probability, we talk about a significant margin of error (at the 0.05 level) or a highly significant margin of error (at the 0.01 level).
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Note added at 4 mins (2009-07-04 15:48:39 GMT)
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REVISTA DE CIENCIAS DEL EJERCICIO -FOD-
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El máximo error admitido fue de un 5% en todos los casos. ...... fixation, a margin of error sample of 3% and a level of confidence of the 95.5%. The ...
psicodeporte.net/revistaCE-FOD-2006_v2n1.pdf - Similar -
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You are certainly welcome.
| | | Grading comment | Thank you. This answer fits the context. |
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