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I have a really small sample size of 50 people (yes I wish it was a bigger sample size but for now this is all I can get and is good enough for my own personal use).

According to a chart on Science Buddies I should use a margin of error of ±14%.

Yet when I use this on my questions I am getting a + rate of over a 100%. What do you do when this happens? Truncate it to 100% or leave it at 101%?

(This is probably not the right forum to ask but I can't really find any general marketing forums so thought to try my luck here.)

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You're right this is not the right forum. This is strictly for computer related questions. See the FAQ(superuser.com/faq) – heavyd Feb 2 '10 at 4:34
Try mathoverflow.net – outsideblasts Feb 2 '10 at 6:11
Last time I tried to ask a question related to math(on mathoverflow) it got closed because it was too simple of a problem.......They want like University level math equations otherwise it is not worth there time. – chobo2 Feb 2 '10 at 19:33
I think there is a need for a statistics forum. Anyone want to start one? – Rob Hyndman Feb 2 '10 at 23:18
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closed as off topic by heavyd, jtimberman, random♦, Diago Feb 2 '10 at 4:59

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Maybe they did the math wrong using this formula. Try it yourself.

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