To be included, a study had to compare organic and conventional planting across similarly-sized areas, had to report on the sample size and error margins, and had to use organic methods that complied with the guidelines of certification organisations (such as the UK's Soil Association).

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That a review process which included 40, 000 comments did not catch the error proves that size is not everything especially since the error was quite catchable.

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As investment in information technology has increased, so has the size of the potential statistical error.

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And keep in mind that while the spread between the two projections represents real money, it is margin-of-error stuff when it comes to the size of the federal budget and total health spending.

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How exactly is 1% a representative sample of anything???? That number is less than any reasonable margin of error for anything other than a MASSIVE sample size!

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It says the size of any fine will be in proportion to the seriousness of the error - up to a maximum of 10% of an exam board's turnover.

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This standard 9.5mm drive leverages Advanced Format, which increases the physical sector size from 512 bytes to 4, 096 (4K) bytes to improve drive capacities and error correction capabilities.

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