FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
A recent workshop gave me new insights into the strengths and weaknesses of our data.
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A recent workshop gave me new insights into the strengths and weaknesses of our data.
A group of clinicians who serve safety-net populations highlighted both the limitations of the Pew Internet Project’s data (we can’t capture everyone if we rely on cell and landline surveys) as well as the excellence of the data (what we do know, we know well, like the fact that teens are almost universally online no matter what their household income level).