error margin
Built-in uncertainty buffer
Error margin is the range within which a measurement or estimate might be off from the true value.
In polling, an error margin of plus or minus three percent means actual results could fall that much above or below reported figures: The candidate leads by five points, within the error margin.
Also called margin of error.
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- confidence intervalEstimated bounds for population parameter
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- bufferProtective intermediate space
within tolerance · wiggle room · leeway · accuracy · fudge factor · give or take · variance · threshold · measurement · approximation · slack · cushion · statistical · confidence · range · sampling · plus or minus · rounding
- marginsborder, edge, fringe, periphery, gutter
- scientific methodexperiment, theory, data, hypothesis, observation
- boundsupper bound, lower bound, upper limit, lower limit, limit
- measurement errorsinaccuracy, imprecision
- Simplificationsideal gas, frictionless, point source, rigid body, blackbody
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
error marginpinpoint accuracy
exactness · precision · exactitude · zero tolerance · mathematical precision
error margincertainty
Total absence of doubt
absolute certainty · definitiveness · conclusiveness · surety
error margincertainty
Total absence of doubt
absolute certainty · infallibility · gold standard · ground truth
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