Even if shareholders are prepared to give Holmes the benefit of another few quarters' grace, he has an extremely small margin of error. |
So Bustamante has a three-point lead in a poll with a five-point margin of error. |
The margin of error that must be accepted for these rough guesses is no doubt a substantial one. |
That, basically, is a statistical tie for first, because that's within the margin of error. |
That's a large target area, and it allows for a margin of error when a shot must be taken from odd angles. |
That's two or three percentage point difference, which can be well within the margin of error. |