trumptman
05-16-2006, 06:57 PM
I saw this article today and felt as if I had read this before or perhaps even mentioned it here before.
Cell phones and polls (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060515/ap_on_re_us/polling_predicament)
Justin Globus is part of a fast-growing group — approaching one in 10 Americans — who have given up traditional telephones and depend only on their cell phones. That trend is making pollsters uneasy.
The conclusion of the writer...
Those who only have cell phones are significantly different in many ways — typically younger, less affluent, more likely to be single, and more liberal on many political issues — from those who can be reached by landline, an AP-AOL-Pew survey finds.
So how is this handled?
Landline surveys may minimize the effect of missing cell-only people like Globus through industry-standard statistical adjustments. Results from a random sample typically are weighted to known demographic parameters of the population, like age, race and sex data collected by the
As mentioned previously I knew when I read this today I had heard about this issue before and the first hit under Google News with the parameters "cell phone polls" popped up this link with some interesting assertions of its own.
Newsbusters.org (http://newsbusters.org/node/5390)
Whether you agree with the assertions or not, the links to the several previous stories, all by the same AP writer at least confirm I'm only slightly insane.
Finally here is a link (http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=276) to the poll mentioned in the article.
When I take a look at the poll data itself, I'm not sure I would draw the exact same conclusions as the AP writer.
What is your situation like regarding cell phones? How do you believe the trend of cell phone usage affects telephone polls?
Nick
Cell phones and polls (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060515/ap_on_re_us/polling_predicament)
Justin Globus is part of a fast-growing group — approaching one in 10 Americans — who have given up traditional telephones and depend only on their cell phones. That trend is making pollsters uneasy.
The conclusion of the writer...
Those who only have cell phones are significantly different in many ways — typically younger, less affluent, more likely to be single, and more liberal on many political issues — from those who can be reached by landline, an AP-AOL-Pew survey finds.
So how is this handled?
Landline surveys may minimize the effect of missing cell-only people like Globus through industry-standard statistical adjustments. Results from a random sample typically are weighted to known demographic parameters of the population, like age, race and sex data collected by the
As mentioned previously I knew when I read this today I had heard about this issue before and the first hit under Google News with the parameters "cell phone polls" popped up this link with some interesting assertions of its own.
Newsbusters.org (http://newsbusters.org/node/5390)
Whether you agree with the assertions or not, the links to the several previous stories, all by the same AP writer at least confirm I'm only slightly insane.
Finally here is a link (http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=276) to the poll mentioned in the article.
When I take a look at the poll data itself, I'm not sure I would draw the exact same conclusions as the AP writer.
What is your situation like regarding cell phones? How do you believe the trend of cell phone usage affects telephone polls?
Nick