margin of error

[Lexi]

I am a non-trad and have started a basic statistics class this week (yikes!).
I am looking for an ENGLISH version and description of margin of error. I
don't understand what those mathematical signs mean or anything. Can anyone
explain?

LM

 

[Meebers]

I JUST GOOGLED "Margin of Error", got a ton of explanations.

 

[David Biddulph]

Wikipedia isn't always reliable, but it may be worth looking at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_of_error for a layman's explanation.