Why is the margin of error higher if the confidence level is higher? (user search)
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« on: August 03, 2019, 01:59:09 AM »
I thought the margin of error was supposed to be lower.

It's also higher if the sample proportion is higher, which I thought was supposed to be lower as well.
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