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Margin of error

How far a result from a sample might sit from the truth about the whole population.

If a sample of thirty calls scores 84% with a margin of error of ±9 points, the real figure is somewhere between 75% and 93%. That range matters: a team that "improved from 81% to 84%" may not have improved at all.

Margin of error shrinks with sample size, but slowly, roughly with the square root. Quadrupling the sample halves the error.

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